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Originally posted by mick
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Originally posted by zebraman
... giving back to the game.
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Z,
What does your phrase mean. Is that so important?
mick
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You've never heard that before Mick? It can mean different things to different people. For me, it means that the game of basketball was very, very good to me as a kid. Kept me out of trouble, gave me something to do, gave me some confidence that I would have probably been lacking otherwise and gave me a couple years of free college.
Because of that, there are times that I do some officiating (volunteer when I really don't feel like it or sometimes paid officiating for a league or tournament that isn't my cup of tea) because of my love and respect for the game and a certain sense of obligation I suppose. In other words, I don't always have to be "fairly compensated" for my time because I feel like the game of basketball has given me far more than I've given to it in my lifetime.
Z
Mon Sep 13, 2004, 10:05am
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