[derwil]

While I was officiating basketball in Indiana, I went to the schools with a contact information sheet, met with some of the coaches and told them if they needed anyone for scrimages or as a last minute replacement, gimmie a call. A week later a ref left one of the coaches hanging and he called me up asked if I could be there in 5 minutes. I made it in 8 and took some ribbing from the crowd but saved the coaches behind. After the game, he gave me the remaining contracts for the guy I replaced.

A couple times like that and you'll have a full schedule and a rep to build on.