For those of you who do not know, my lovely wife and I lived in Glendale, California, the first two years we were married (1982-84, and I was a member of the San Grabiel Valley Unit of the Southern California Basketball Officials Association, which is now part of the California Basketball Officials Association).
Men's recreational league basketball is almost a year round in California, and one Saturday afternoon, one of my officiating friends wanted to know if I wanted to make an easy $45 officiating three-one hour games the next afternoon in men's church leage. Considering the fact that back then the going rate for game fees for men's recreational league basketball was $8 per game, I said of course.
I soon found out why this league paid $15 per game. A prayer was said before each game and as soon as the ball left the R's hand game beginning jump ball the fun,
, began. To this day I remember that I called 15 TFs over the course of the afternoon, and I probably could have called more. It was an absolute zoo.
MTD, Sr.