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Originally Posted by JRutledge
MD,
I do not know what you want me to say.
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Not really asking you to say anything, tbh. More the opposite, actually.
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I cannot stand when people try to play, "It is about the kids" card as if that is why we all do this. I do not officiate for the kids, I officiate for the game.
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That's perfectly fine, and completely appropriate at the level you officiate.
Just don't extend that to the levels that OTHER people are working - such as the level discussed in this thread - and then get on people when they DO officiate "for the kids", where it's appropriate. I promise you that if they all called 3rd grade games (or even 7th/8th B-level games) with the same level of scrutiny you do for your games - they would chase away a lot of players - perhaps even some that would have otherwise eventually become good players at your level. And YOUR game would then suffer. Lower level games ARE "for the kids" - and those kids become your players eventually.