Reffing bad teams

[dave30]

Sometimes I think we get caught up in officiating the "best" teams with the "best" players battling for playoff spots in their district. Although, the games are exciting and it is a rush to work a hotly contested game, sometimes you get a game that sets basketball back fifty years!

I had two tonight. One boys and one girls. They called it "varsity"! It didn't look like it! Funny thing is though, I had more fun tonight than I've had in a long time. The kids were great, they played hard despite lack of talent and the fans and coaches were just happy when their player actually executed a play without a violation!

We have to realize that no matter the talent level, these games are just as important to these kids as the big games.

We had fun with the games. The kids had fun and everybody showed good sportsmanship. That's really what high school basketball should be about I think.