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Old Mon Apr 22, 2013, 01:12pm
Raymond Raymond is offline
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Originally Posted by upprdeck View Post
... I have seen some take the time to explain to kids what they are doing wrong and thats great to see....
That's really the coaches' and parents' job, especially if we're talking about AAU competition.

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These things should be about making kids better since almost none of them will go anywhere after high school . So much of it is just about making money now its sad. ....
I'm leaving my wife and my own kids at home to go officiate for a reason, and if I'm not in camp, it is #1 about making $$$. Once I'm on the court the players and coaches are going to get the best that I can give. But you will never, ever hear me say "I'm doing it for the kids".

I may do a specific event pro bono (as I did for the local Air Force base recently) but I did not get into officiate "for the kids". I got into it to may myself some $$$.
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