[SmokeEater]

I remember my first game 30 years ago. My partner was also the assignor and association president. He had been around likely 30 years already and decided he was going to show me a thing or two about hustle. YA RIGHT! He told me that because he was the senior official he stands at mid-court and I was to run with the play baseline to baseline. I did it for the entire game, and then found out after in the locker room that it was all an initiation and there were 4 other "senior" officials there watching taking bets on how long I lasted. We ended the night by them taking me out for some wobbly pops. That was my first impression of on court officiating.