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Old Mon Nov 11, 2013, 08:56am
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by johnny d View Post
This suggestion makes me laugh. I used to work a greek church men's league. The league was very competitive and there was always a lot of wagering going on each game. Many of the teams brought in ex college players and ex professional players from overseas. None of them were greek, they were all ringers. League rules dictated that the teams line up at mid court facing each other while they said a prayer before each game. The ball was tossed and they started beating on each other and talking trash just like any other men's league I have ever officiated.
That was my experience as well. I remember all of us (officials too) holding hands in a big circle, hugging after the prayer and you would have thought the devil gave the prayer because nothing done before seemed to matter. I remember more Ts and rough play then any other game I have had. This is the reason I stopped doing all men's leagues in the first place because of leagues similar to these.

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