3500 down, 0 to go

[Mark Padgett]

I was talking to my son last night (he used to ref) and he asked me how many technicals I've given over the years. I thought it was an interesting question, so I sat down and figured out how many calls of various types I have made in 25 years of officiating. I tried to use an average per game. I figured I gave out technicals at a rate of about one every three games (including second warnings for delay, etc). Here's what I came up with:

technicals / 1167
travel calls / 10,500
personal fouls / 35,000
number of kids told to remove jewelry / 1167

Also - I calculated that I let kids be illegally in the lane, before calling the violation, for a total of almost 17 hours.

Amazing, isn't it.

Oh yeah - I figure I ejected about 20 coaches, 50 players and countless spectators.

I was going to calculate how many times I actuall blew my whistle during games, but my calculator won't go that high.