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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
Individuals and relationships are different. What works for one won't work for another. Some wives require more time than others, some kids require more time than others. There's no one size fits all. But in the long run, if you put officiating before job and family, you're going to have serious issues.
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Agreed. And for each person, it's different. For example, I travel for my job (in excess of 100K air miles a year many years), and while I am with my company long enough to be able to schedule my travel around my game schedule and family life, some trips are just not negotiable. My assignors know this and as long as I get a qualified sub, they're happy.
I only work varsity baseball and basketball and have given up most of the summer rec baseball I used to work. I work nothing out of season (with the exception of two camps, I worked no hoops from March until the first scrimmage I did on Monday). People think I'm just a game snob, but it's actually my attempt to keep the proper balance. I'll only work 50 games between now and March.