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I work with a couple of youth leagues in my area (Jr High aged girls travel and a Jr High/HS boys league) ...I stay with them because they take the aspect of sportsmanship highly and don't tolerate parents officiating from the stands or getting ignorant with the officials. I work them for exercise, my love of the game and extra money. If/when the refs have to TCOB, they back us up...I've tossed my fair share over the years, including a warning to an entire section of parents when I got stuck officiating game by myself cause a pair of guys no showed and my P and I had to split up on two courts.
I swore off Men's Wreck league the night a boxing match broke out...I had been calling games about 3 years at that point (15 years ago). I walked off the floor and swore I'd never , ever work men's league again. Not worth the $20 (at that time) and the amount of whining, complaining and crying was more than what I would have put up with my own kids at home.
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