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He told them, "No!"
I've heard - from two different sources - that Tony Greene told the NBA, "No, thank you." and will stay with the college game.
What do you think? It must be nice to have that option.
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I have a friend who is in the NBA development program. I was talking to him last week and asked him about his NBA stuff including the possibility of working the D-League and the on further. He said that he would tell them no thanks.
It is a lifestyle choice for him...
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There are many of us who aspire to be state tournament HS officials only. We like our careers and our family and we love to officiate too, but the college game would not allow us to keep our priorities in order. We all have to make choices to balance all the things that are important to us. Z |
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I do not know the answer to these questions; I just think these are things many who do not know about the difference might not be aware of. I think those that work the NBA are great and talented, but there are things that would keep me out of the NBA if I had a chance to do it. Peace
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NBA rookies do NOT make $80,000. About four years ago a NBA official told us rookies make $105,000 and they are paid $295 per day (not per game) when they are on the road. Additionally, they could make some money from plane tickets. Since that was four years ago, it could be higher now. Oh, I've also heard that NBA officials who don't make the playoffs still get $15,000 from the officials who work the playoffs. They apparently put in on it.
I'm not totally disagreeing with what Rut said; he probably could still make more money in the college game than he would - initially - in the pro game. But, he wasn't going to go broke from his NBA salary. Also, I asked about Tony Greene's job situation last year when everyone was talking about him being the next to get hired. I was told, by someone who knows him, that he is at a point in his regular job where he can retire. His job was NOT the reason he turned them down. Ladies and gentlemen, not having aspirations for the next level - and comparing those aspirations to a high school ref - cannot be the answer for every situation similar to this. I think it should be obvious that after officiating the summer league in Las Vegas and doing some pre-season NBA games, Tony Greene's aspirations were to go to the next level. The "aspirations" tag is used too much; this official was on his way and his decision had nothing to do with his job or his aspirations.
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We can speculate all we want, unless we hear it from the source we may never know why Tony Greene turned it down. One of my mentors is a successful, veteran D1 official with plenty of friends who are NBA refs and he says he has no real desire to be in the NBA.
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I got picked up for CC ball about 6 summers ago. I was very excited. By the time the season rolled around and it sunk in of how much I would be gone and how it might affect my real career, I decided to decline. More power to those of you who want to climb the top. I'm proud of all of you and I admire the officials I see do that. But it isn't for me. For professionals who make over 6 figures and want to be involved in their kid's lives on a daily basis, the sacrifice may not be worth it. The NBA lifestyle would be even more "life interrupting." Regardless of the reason, Tony decided against it. Obviously, something else is more important to him. I'll always be a little ol' HS ref and I've come to terms with that. Somehow I think I'll be pretty proud of my decision when I hang up the old sneakers and look back on my journeyman officiating career. Z Last edited by zebraman; Sat Apr 29, 2006 at 10:12am. |
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Someone has mentioned Tony Greene before and I decided to make a post about the fact that he turned the NBA down. This was not and is not intended to force anyone else to defend what they want out of basketball. Everyone is different and make decisions accordingly. It has almost become a defense mechanism to say "Everyone doesn't aspire..." Chill out.
I do know why he declined and it isn't any reason that's been mentioned thus far. I will NOT say why I was told he declined on this forum. If someone wants to know why, I will tell them over the phone. That way, I can deny it later.
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BTW, his resume is fine. He's about 30, works anout 50 D1 games a year in 5 different conferences. He doesn't really need it to help his assignments.
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