Then good luck. It's probably too late for you to get games for this season, tho, isn't it?

Now that's funny right there...:p

Once upon a time there was an engineer,
Choo-Choo Charlie was his name we hear...

Sorry. I think I might need some of Padgett's meds now too.

Anyway, like I said before, I agree with all of Chuck's comments. I might add another thought or two about the differences between HS and college. Last season, I had a HS game on a Friday night, and a college game on Sat. afternoon. The Fri. night game happened to be at a small school that co-ops their football with another school, so they celebrated homecoming at this basketball game. The gym was packed, banners everywhere, conference game. The atmosphere was wonderful, and our crew had a good game. Our check was for $40. The next day, I had a juco women's game where there were 20 people in the stands. Sometimes the only sound you heard was the squeak of the sneakers. Nothing out of the ordinary happened, and I walked out with a check almost 3 times the amount from the night before. The only reason I remember this was because after the game, one of the coaches asked me why I still work HS ball. The night before was the perfect example.

Working college, at least for me, has definitely helped with my experience. But sometimes, there's nothing like the rush that comes from working in that packed HS gym.

Remember this is coming from a guy that will never have the opportunity to work at the college level...started doing this too late in life to have any chance past HS varstiy.

I think there is only one reason an official should attempt to make the jump from high school to college officiating...you want to. (I know that is grammatically incorrect :) )

As others have said, there are ways to improve the quality of your high school work without working college. If you WANT to work college ball, go for it. Either way, good luck.

You are not allowed to post an ad on this site. Spam alert! :eek:

What?

Anyway, it is too late to get any games. However, I am going to get to work some jv games this year with some of my more experienced colleagues to help transition to the college level.

How will that help your transition to college ball?:confused: You're working with a completely different rulebook in a game that's being officiated (hopefully) with a completely different philosophy too.

The jv games are jv college games.
As far as different philosophy, that may be partially true.
However, the rules are college rules.

I misunderstood your post.

My bad.

Nevermind....

Lame attempt at humor. Sorry I tried to add that.