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Old Mon Jan 25, 2010, 12:53pm
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Originally Posted by jTheUmp View Post
I feel almost exactly the opposite.

I'm getting paid to be there, so I might as well do something to earn my money, and the kids that are there should get a chance to play, especially at the younger levels. After all, we're really there for the kids.

Perhaps I do still have some of my youthful idealism left after all.
You're getting paid to officiate actual basketball contests, not scrimmages.

I worked a couple of "off-the-cuff" scrimmages my first year and vowed to never do it again. They are nightmare scenarios just waiting to happen.
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