[JRutledge]

If the information does not apply to you, then move on and look somewhere else. I am sure if you attend camps, you will hear several different views on what officiating is to them or what it should be. I am just one voice, with one opinion on one issue. If you treat this as a hobby and only as a hobby and that works for you, GREAT. I look at this as a second job because of the time committment and because of how it affects my other life. If I did not look at it that way, I would blow off every game I could no matter what happen. When my aunt died on June 30, 2001, I had to think of my officiating schedule and how to work around it or give back games. I could not just blow the games off just to worry about my life for that time. I had to think of what affect my absence or even attendence was going to mean if I had a conflict. That to me is more than a hobby. Because if I did not call anyone to tell them I would not be around and why, I might have not gotten any games the following season. Fantasy Football is a hobby too for many, but if participants blow that off for a day or two, who does it ultimately hurt?

It is just the way you look at it. If that is not your way, it is not your way.

Peace