Well today I had not 1 but 2 players (team mates) with Birdmans 'do. It was a 5th grade boys team who also decided to pull the King James babypowder pregame thing... but they did it as a TEAM right in front of the "officials area" all over our chairs and bags!

During this game it was clear the coaches & players watch a lot of tv together
Comments like "we get the ball at half court after the TO" & "defensive 3 seconds" rolled off their tongues early & often.

During a TO my partner & I decided to just deal with them & get the game done as they were obviously blind to the fact that HS rules were in effect on this particular game.

Right out of that TO they trap their opponents on the b/c throw-in & my partner is at 5 on the count. The ball is tipped OOB & as my certified partner properly starts a new count, they are screaming 10... 10... 10!!!

We look at each other & gave the "NOoooo he's just an idiot" look as our earlier perception had been just shot down

But, ummm yeah I had a couple players with that 'do today.

And from Friday thru today I had a couple ejections; some Ts; a mom inches from my back at L screaming at me that a 6'4 girl is going over her 4'1 daughters back & call the damn foul; a chump who backed down & got laughed at by the crowd when he refused to join the crew & take my extra shirt & whistle but knew every rule; idiot scorekeepers; teenage coaches; tight sidelines and more obnoxious fans than a whole season of HS ball.

>>>>>>> Rant off <<<<<<<

Even though the negatives outweighed the positives in this unorganized tournament, the money was very cool & the couple weird situations that sent me home to my rulebook was priceless.

Well I'm off to do some YMCA games & sorry for going OT