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Old Sat Apr 19, 2008, 12:20am
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Go to camps, go to camps, and after that go to camps. That's the only way anyone is going to get into the college ranks. If anyone has made it into the
D2 and D1 ranks without going to a camp let me know how you did it. It woudl save some money. You have to get your name out there. Go to camps, get to know the clinicians and get to know a copule of them really well and let them kind of guide you along the way. Your going to go to camp and the first thing I will say is you must look the part. Once your in the looking the part doesn't matter, just have to tug on your pants all the time Some can be costly, exspecially to a guy who has a family with little ones. Kind of hard to go to a 5 camps in the summer and spend 2 grand, explain that to the mrs.

I'm a young officials who is breaking into the ranks and I go to camps knowing that I have to do something to stand out above the rest of the officials. At the big camps, every single person can ref their a$$ off, you have to have something that makes you stand out.

Another thing: I'm sure some of your fellow officials you do high school ball with also do some college ball, ask them what it takes.

Best of luck!!!
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