U.P. here a 50-50 drawing is held quite commonly to raise money for athletic programs. 1/2 the take goes to the winning ticket-holder and the other 1/2 goes to the program.

During the pregame warmups, a ticket seller approached the two officials, and they each bought tickets at the division line.

Question: Would you buy such tickets in front of God and everybody? Would you buy them more privately, ...around the corner? Would you not buy them at all?

mick

I buy at every game I work. If I ever win I have always planned to donate the proceeds to the school/club/whoever the sponsor is that night. Every dollar you put in through a ticket sales is helping something but any dollar you took home would hurt in lots of ways.

Nope, never do it.

It's mostly just a football thing here.

I never do.

Dittos

me three

Short story about a 50-50 raffle at my home school. I have arrived back from my JV game to watch the local varsity girls game. There is a 50-50 each game. I am across the gym floor from the table when the # is called. I don't win but a lady friend next to me does. She asks me to turn in the ticket for her so I do. Well the young son (6 yrs)of our varsity team coach must have seen me walk across the floor and collect the money. My next game was in that same gym doing the local JV girls. That little guy saw me in my stripes turned to his mother and said "Look mom! When you win the 50-50 you get to come back and ref! Maybe I will have the lucky ticket!" We all had a good laugh....

I once considered it, but I think it would be perceived the wrong way if we one the money. If there are conspiracy theories about how officials fix games and call things to help one team win, I really do not think it would look good to participate in something that involves money. Even worse it would raise more questions about our integrity in an unnecessary manner. If you want to donate money to a cause, then do so outside of the public eye.

Peace

I wouldn't do it either. Besides, I don't carry any $$$ on the court.:D

great story
 

i never do, but one night my partner did and it was a packed house, big pot, he won about $350, they brought it to him just before the 4th quarter started when they called his number....i couldn't believe he won that big pot, and he did actually take the money...the whole crowd was chanting, "Donate, Donate" it was hilarious, but i wanted to crawl under the scorers table... he never even thought twice and laughed about it the rest of the night...it was a rough 4th quarter with rivalry schools and listening to all the side comments by EVERYONE about the money... wouldn't advise buying a ticket!!!

Most days I don't carry money period.

Funny story: this summer I was working a HS league and I was coming in after my assignor finished his games. He went to his car to get my cash from the previous month's games. I'm trail and we have a made basket so I start heading down the court. He takes a step on the court and hands me some $$ on the run. I take it and then realize I have no pockets in my shorts. I looked at the clock and we still had 14 minutes to go in the half so I just held it in my hand. I don't know if anyone knew or not but my partner got a kick out of it.

Grammer Guy, where are you?

So it could be perceived the wrong way if we , one - the money, where is your second point, I was waiting for two.

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jritchie's experience should seal it for us. Even if we plan to donate, that still only benefits the home team, leaving us open to criticism/conspiracy theories.

Not sure where "Grammer Guy" is but spelling guy is calling you out. Grammar. G-r-a-m-m-a-r. Grammar

I believe Mr. Grammar Guy and Mr. Spelling Guy are currently passed out from disbelief.

And not a second too soon btw...although i half too admit that even me...errr...I...had an eye-role moment when I, red the post in kwestion;

There is a difference between a "grammar" mistake and a typing mistake. At least I the spelling of the word "one" can be found in a dictionary. I do not think we can find the word "grammer" in any dictionary.

See what happens when you throw stones in a glass house. Your house falls apart. ;)

Peace

And a nice vindication, too, eh, Jeff!!

LOL!!!

Peace

(Actually, there IS a listing in Dictionary.com. It's a small town in Indiana, and the zip code is even listed: 47236.

Jeff, I know you're way above the kind of tit-for-tat that some of us "second childhood" folks find so satisfying. So I'll do it for you.)

Hey, Tigerbball, so who's "Grammer Guy"? I'm assuming he's the mayor of Grammer, IN? Is he a ref, too? Does he read the board?

Hey, quit bickering.

M&M post 666 - Please disregard it's an evil *sign*.

Cat Stevens - 1966.

LOL, whoops, he who is without sin cast the first stone.

Yep, I am just a stuped coch from Indianer. But it did get this discussion to light up. :)

By the way, I don't think One to Won is a typing error, just a mental mistake. We all make them, even refs.

A: I don't carry money with me, B: I am usually in the locker room at half time when the winning numbers are called, and C: with the money I make refing I already have all the money that I am ever going to need.

haha!
 

A)they usually hit you up on your way into the game before you get to the locker room

B)most schools do the draw in between the 3rd and 4th quarter to keep the people their longer so they can sell more tickets and concessions

C)you must work in another state from me, because with gas prices the way they are, we could all use a major raise!! :)

Oh well, I am human. We all make mistakes. Just as you could not spell the word "grammer" correctly, I made a mistake as well. I personally do not care if that was mental, officiating or typing mistake. It still was a mistake. It is called being a human being.

Peace

I would never buy one. As others have shown, it sends the wrong message if you win.

Keep yourself above all of that.

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Oh well, I am human. We all make mistakes. Just as you could not spell the word "grammer" correctly, I made a mistake as well. I personally do not care if that was mental, officiating or typing mistake. It still was a mistake. It is called being a human being.

Peace [/B][/QUOTE]

I understand making mistakes, I admitted mine. Didn't make excuses, laughed about it. The first thing I thought when the post came back at me was not anger or "I need to make an excuse", but laughing because I knew I set myself up. I just find it interesting to see how people handle situations like this and who has to have the last word. Who can admit mistakes. Who has trouble with them.

Now what I am waiting for is to see if you can let me have the last word. ;)

You got it.
mick