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You can compare apples and oranges all you like. Baseball is outside played completely away from the school or not at a school at all. Basketball is in a gym where both teams have a locker room in most cases. Not sure that is a hard concept to grasp. When I move to your area then I will worry about what your association does. Move to my area and you will not work hardly any varsity games (let us not even go there at the college level) if you show up dressed. But let us not start comparing sports that do not have the same traditions. One sport is usually a revenue sport, the other is not. One sport charges money attend a game, the other sport might be lucky if you get anyone to watch the game. Not the same thing. Peace
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I hope I didn't miss this same point or question in this thread, but...
What if you have to go to another game after your game? Do you dress at the gym...do one game...get changed...go to your next game...get dressed in your uniform again??? Many officials where I am do a freshman game or two and then go to a JV game. Just wondering how those who change at the school work that situation. I try to change at the school but I don't always. Being my first year, I'm still working on how to handle this. I'll definitely do what my assignor says. |
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I'm not on some sort of career track here - I'm too old to think about investing 20 years in this to try to get to the NBA or the NFL. I just enjoy doing games, and I approach the freshman "B" game on Monday night at 5:30 in front of 15 people like I would the varsity game on Friday night in front of 3,000 people. If others don't, that's cool, too. I can't control what others do, nor would I cast aspersions on anyone else who does things differently. I'm in charge of my preparation and deportment, not theirs. So I don't know why you're coming down on me and intimating that you'd put the kibosh on me working if you have the chance when I've gone out of my way to make it clear that I don't exhibit the behavior we're discussing here. Take care.
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This Saturday I have 3 games. I will work one JV game 9:30 am which is about 10 minutes from my house. I have a 1:00pm varsity (doubleheader) game at a school that will take me about 30 minutes to get to from my house. I have another varsity game at 7:00pm that night. It will take me less than 30 minutes to get the final destination. I will take a shower after each game. I will get dressed at each site and back into my street clothes. If I could not do that, I would not take the games. Peace
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But for something that I (and many others) do on the side for whatever reason, it's not really worth getting all verklempt over, and I've already spent too much time on the topic as it is.
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Rut, I understand it may be the requirement for your "area", but it is not the norm for all. Therefor, your opinion about it being unprofessional is not needed nor is it correct, (at least not in my "area"). Our state association does not require anything out of us not in writing other than being at game site at least 30 minutes prior, knowing the rules, and being professional on the court. This does not make your state association any better than mine, nor certainly not any more professional.
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I haven't jumped in yet, so here's my opinion. Lower level, I usually go in my underthings (full length tights and such), my stripes, and good pair of windpants with a sweatshirt. This way if there aren't facilities for us to dress in, I can find a corner of the gym to change into my pants (keep in mind the full length tights) without causing a stampede of panting women (just feeding my own ego). Also, if I am going to another site, its a quick change so if I stop somewhere on the way I'm not in uniform in public (I was always told this was a no-no). Varsity games, always show up in slacks and a good shirt or sweater and leave in the same.
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