Scrimmage season blues

[SWMOzebra]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

In my area of Missouri, we used to have a summer camp that we were required to attend for the assn. no pay and it was a cattle call, just go and work games. I always wished it would have been a teaching moment with veterans counseling new guys, but it never was. If you didn't attend two sessions (approx 8 hours) you got an assn fine. Now, the got rid of it and raised assn yearly dues instead. Oh well.

And this is why I have made a point to avoid the larger of the two associations in SW Missouri.

As for working college scrimmages for free, I will generally do one every October or early November ... but at a school of my choosing. It's easier for me to agree to work for no pay if I respect the coach and their program. If a coach is a constant PIA during the season and just screams at his/her players expecting magical results without doing any actual "coaching," I ignore their requests for pro bono preseason work.