How did you know when to hang it up from wreck league?

[Raymond]

Once I started receiving an all Varsity high school schedule.

[packersowner]

I knew a veteran guy who worked just about every night including doing some college games. On Wednesdays he did Rec ball, 3 games at $25/game. He never got excited, never took too much crap, never worried about the calls he made or what others thought, and the next week he was there doing it all over again. I know he did it for at least 15 years and he may still be doing it today for all I know.

I think everyone has a tolerance level for what you're willing to take on. I don't think it should matter if you are doing NCCA D1 or 7th grade girls, if you enjoy the game and are willing to work the, do it.

For me it was time to get out when my partners showed up 5 minutes into the game, and couldn't be tasked with getting to at least half court. And I really knew it was time when I carried this baggage with me when I got home.

[Valley Man]

when you ask "How do you know when it's time to hang it up from wreck league"

[OKREF]

Never work one

[grunewar]

When I'm tired of it and it's no fun anymore, I'll stop doing Rec Games. Hasn't happened yet. I don't do that many annually - guess I'm in the minority here though just because I do some.

I have one Rec league, that I pretty much started my officiating avocation in 11 yrs ago, that I don't do too much anymore. Didn't like the gyms, some of the parents and coaches were out of control (IMO), they offered no trng, I was the only state certified official, administrators didn't mail checks in a timely manner, and I just became frustrated.

I have another Rec league that I really enjoy. They train officials, have good league officials, several trained officials, pay pretty well, etc.

Thankfully, I'm at that stage where I don't need the $ and can pick and choose what leagues and games I want to work.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Once I started receiving an all Varsity high school schedule.

And I said this because, from the beginning, the guys who brought me into officiating had the philosophy that Rec Ball was to be used as a training ground. And once I started getting all Varsity games, that portion of my training was no longer needed.

[RedAndWhiteRef]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

And I said this because, from the beginning, the guys who brought me into officiating had the philosophy that Rec Ball was to be used as a training ground. And once I started getting all Varsity games, that portion of my training was no longer needed.

I'll amend this a little and say I stopped when I consistently started getting JV games. Around me, at least for public schools, JV is pretty much all 10th graders, and hence a few years removed from the traditional rec age and skill level. My first year of high school was mainly ninth grade and middle school games, so I did rec on the side for court time. In my second year I started getting more consistent JV with a few varsity games sprinkled in, so in my view I had "leveled up" so to speak

I also did intramurals in college for three years, which is basically the same thing, before moving on to high school ball.