I need help.....

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I had a camp for a JUCO/DIII association last month, and after not having a very good camp (at least in my mind), I figured that getting a contract was out of the question. Well, lo and behold, what came in the mail yesterday? You got it, the contract...due by August 8.

All fine and dandy, right? WRONG..and here's where I need help from the crowd. I start Law School in the fall, which is going to be very trying in itself, let alone having a full varsity and partial college schedule on top of it. I already know that I'm going to have to cut down on my varsity games this year, but now with this added on, I don't know what to do. I don't want to not take the contract because I know, as well as probably everyone else here, if I turn it down, it will never come again, no matter how good of camps I have in the future. Further, because the college assignor is also one of my 4 varsity assignors, it will probably hurt my varsity schedule as well.

But that all being said, there is just no way that I can afford to screw up my first year of Law School--I'm sunk if I do. The assignor and the officers of the association know my situation, but it still doesn't make it any easier to either 1) not sign the contract or 2) sign it, but probably have to turn down games (both Var. and college) later. My grades last year (senior year undergrad) suffered a little because of me taking on too much, and now everyone is warning me not to let it happen again, especially my parents. I'm only 22 years old, so I have my entire life ahead of me to officiate and practice law, but it still doesn't make it any easier.

I'm like everyone else here, I'm addicted to this stuff; as the slogan from MLB says, I live for this. And of course getting hired, whether first time by a JUCO/DIII or that big time DI is what all of us dream about. What should I do? Help guys, please!