What's the big deal ?!

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by refTN
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Much love. You said was reffing. Have you retired? [/B][/QUOTE]I'm retired on-court until Santa brings me 2 new knees. They're on the way. After they're installed, and if everything goes well, I hope to be able to do a few more football and basketball games before I hang my whistle up for good. If not, well, I've had a heckuva ride anyway for the last 46 years and I've enjoyed every minute of it. I'm in the twilight of a mediocre career anyway. The games that I'll take in basketball though, if I'm lucky enough to be able to come back, will be JV level and under only- to help train new officials. I'm a firm believer that older officials have to know when to step aside and let the younger officials do their thing. Meanwhile, I stay involved as our association's assignor, and I help out in other areas like training, evaluation, handling complaints, etc- and tonight.....whoopee...marking NFHS Part 1 exams.

Seriously, good luck in trying to attain your officiating goals. I started at 16 and reffed my way through college too. Please try to remember though that school really does come first. For most of us, officiating is an avocation, not a vocation.