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I was at Al Udeid which was a piece-of-cake deployment. Good gym...I helped services put the intramural league together and organized/scheduled the officials. We actually had 12 different people call games...4-5 of us were experienced and we trained the rest. It sure made the time pass faster.
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I did my deployment at PSAB. We played our tournaments on an outdoor court with 1 ref (back in '98, way before I even thought about becoming an official) and 1 rim lower than the other.
Yeah, it's weird how people in leadership roles can just come unhinged on the court/field. I'm very logical, laid-back, and in control--until I play sports, then I tend toward lunacy...[/quote]
Sh!t, back in my last season of playing regularly before becoming an official I fouled out one game, then got T'd up by the ref (who was a regular for Saturday morning pick-up ball) who called every single foul against me , then I kicked a dent into the water fountain (which was witnessed by a CMSgt in Services). The ref was a younger dude (under 30) and I thought he didn't know what the f**k he was doing and I felt obligated to let him know. Well he and I became good friends after I started officiating, he PCS'd to the Midwest, and now he's on staff with the MVC and the Horizon (currently interrupted for overseas duty).
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Perhaps like some pastors in some church leagues?
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The dirtiest player I've played against around here is a former USAF officer who got out the service to pastor his own church. One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet in your life. But it's pure misery to play pick-up ball with him.