Post 1:
"Here is the inherent problem with AAU to begin with. You are asking officials (in shape and not) to do several games in a row with 2 officials total."
Interesting, not a single word about myself.
"I am in great shape, but by the 3rd and 4th games, I get tired if I did the games straight myself. So officials that have been around the block, pass on these games."
Only comment about myself was how tired I get and the type of shape I am in.
"And the folks that cannot buy a quality game during the "real season" are the main people left doing AAU or any summer time leagues. Just the way it is."
I do not see any words that specifically deal with my personal situation. Maybe you do, but you are good at reading into stuff.
Post 2
But understand Yaw, that your situation seems to be the exception. AAU games are done during the off-season and officiated by officials that are coming up or not regular officials.
Speaking specifically of one person's situation.
So a JV/Freshman official during the "regular season" are doing varsity and college level game during the spring or summer. That is just the nature of the beast.
Again this comment has nothing to do with me either.
Not everyone is doing AAU tournaments or HS Summer Leagues around the country. Just a fact.
This is true. Not everyone that I know is doing any basketball at this time. Not if you are a multiple sport official espcicially. Especially right now, this is Baseball, Softball, Soccer, Track and Boy's Volleyball season for many Basketball officials. They already have committments in most cases. Kind of hard to schedule basketball game on a Saturday, when you have a double header and you do not know when it is going to end.
And for multiple sport officials like myself, I am doing baseball games on a daily basis, I do not have time to officiate a basketball game except for Sunday. I would like a day off.
This is true during the
spring. It is baseball season right now for many right now. In my area there are AAU shootouts and tournaments going on right now, but many kids are playing other sports and are in school. Ya know that school thing just seems to get in the way. But when the summer starts, when HS have the gyms are open and other facilities availible to host a HS Summer League, maybe I will be there to officiate those. But then again, you probably think in early May the school year is out. I mean it was like 61 degrees most of the day yesterday during my High School doubleheader. That might constitute summer in some folks eyes. Feels like spring to me.
I thought you were going to find a post with some comments I made last year sometime about AAU. Because I did say I was not doing anymore AAU. I have not done an AAU game in over a year. And do not see myself doing any more when all the camps and leagues I currently do are HS teams. But then again, we all digress.