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Originally Posted by SE Minnestoa Re
I was thinking giving up officiating when I retired, not doing more of it.
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Here, in my little corner of Connecticut, we have difficulty assigning officials to middle school (3:30 p.m.), and freshman (4:00 p.m.), high school basketball games. Our day jobs get in the way. If an official is available for these games, he instantly becomes our assignment commissioner's best friend.
When I retire in a few years, my goal is to be healthy enough continue to work my varsity games, and to make myself available for these afternoon games. I'm looking forward to mentoring the "rookie", and inexperienced, officials that are often assigned these afternoon subvarsity games.
Subvarsity fees, for all subvarsity games, including middle school, were $59.23 last season. That's more than just pocket change at two, or three, subvarsity games each week for a twelve week season.