How old is too old?
 

What is probably the oldest age one could break into reffing college basketball?

65 isn't too old if your son is assigning the confrence your hired in!:D

That is a good question

How old is too old to ref?

How old is the oldest ref around?

lmeadski, please enable your PM service.

When your first rule book was on tablets...you are too old to ref.

When YOU have to leave the court for an unauthorized reason...you are too old to ref.

When Charles Barclay beats you down the floor.....you are too old to ref.


I'm sure there are more.....!

Why would a ref have to leave the court for an unauthorized reason? I guess it Depends on the situation.

Oh that's good....

OK BillyMac....PLEASE resist the "Insert picture" technology!

They have that fitness test and if you pass you are ok ( regardless your age ).

Is that right?

"Too old" is going to vary based on your area, your assignor's needs and preferences. If you live in an area where there aren't a lot of officials, your assignor may be willing to consider an official who is a little older than he'd normally like just so that he has bodies to cover games on busy Saturdays.

Once you're in, you can hang around for a while. I know a couple D3 college refs in their 60's. But I would think that it's tougher to break in after the big 4-0.

If the Hoveround is your main transportation mode, you're too old to ref.

If your tombstone is already in the cemetery, and has 1800's as your birthdate, you're too old to ref.

If you can remember working games when they used peach baskets, you're too old to ref.

More????

You might be too old to referee when….

...You get called for dribbling by your partner.
:D

Without revealing exactly how old I am (there aren't enough numbers on my keypad for that), I can tell you that I have a grandson who just started HS and will be reffing a kids rec league where he lives.

While I don't remember peach baskets being used, I do remember the "narrow" key and I once saw a team warm up with basketballs that had laces.

Oh yeah, I think there was a "no dunking" rule, but I'm not sure. Actually, these days, I'm not sure of much. :)

Some more:

When you can live without sex, but not without glasses

When the pharmacist has become your new best friend

When you begin every other sentence with "Nowadays"

When your idea of weight lifting is standing up

When you give up all your bad habits and you still don't feel good

When younger women start opening doors for you and lastly......

When it takes longer to rest than it did to get tired

Dude, you just described 84% of trekkies.

Or does it depend on the depends?
My 1st year of college. 49

Snaq, does that mean the other 16% of trekkies can't live without sex?

I'm guessing the other 16% don't know what sex is.

84%? Seems a little low...

Right, but they can sure add.

Well if they don't know how to multiply, sooner or later there won't be any trekkies left to add.

Hmm...I'm adding this to my prayer list as well.

Um...speaking from experience? :D

I'll add it to my pregame.

Nah... never seen one of the films and never will.

Okaaaaayyyyy...if you say so.

(I did notice you didn't say anything about the TV show, though...) :D

Dittos to the TV series and any other spin off. Well, sort of, I did see Spaceballs.

Hmm...you are confusing Star Trek with Star Wars, so you do seem a little more believable.

This time.

You know you're too old when all the names in your address book end in the letters "MD". ;)

My wife says you know you're too old if your worried that your coffin will make your butt look big. :D

5 correct, 1 incorrect. :8

My son is only 10 and he and his pharmacist send each other birthday cards, so I'm not sure it follows.

Blame my wife. That's how she says it.

Here is the man...62 years old and still officiated in the NBA !


Earl Strom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm 40, but my right knee is about 100 and smells of Icy Hot.

I'm going to use the "coffin makes your butt look big" when I talk to my parents later today. My mom retired yesterday, so I'll need some good "old" jokes.

I used to ref in Tennessee with a guy who had called for over 50 years. All the locals loved him since he'd been around for so long. He refereed several generations of coaches/players and became a local legend....he could get away with just about anything.

We were calling a three man girl's game - he was trail and I was in lead. Had a quick steal in front of me so I hustle going the other way. About the half court line I look up and there's Mo about 5 feet from me, running as fast as he could. Almost lapped him! I also heard stories of him getting tired at trail and rotating behind the scorer's table to take a break. Suddenly your calling two man while he's chumming it up with the fans. What a character.

Here's one reason Earl is my personal hero:

"Strom was officiating a NBA game during the mid-1970s between the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets with Dick Bavetta as his partner for that game. The game was close at the end and Earl made a last-second call against the Nets, ending the game with a win for Sixers. Suddenly Dick Bavetta ran across floor to the scorer's table, saying, "No! No! I got a push off against [George] McGinnis!" Earl Strom then challenged Bavetta, "Are you over-ruling my call?" "I got pushing off right here!" Bavetta insisted, which reversed Strom's call and the Nets wound up with the victory. With the game over, players were walking to their respective locker rooms when the door to the referees' locker room flew open and Dick Bavetta came staggering out. His uniform was ripped and he was wearing a big welt over his eye, running to get away from Strom. Strom stepped out into the hallway and hollered after Bavetta, "You'll take another one of my ****ing calls again, right, you mother******?"

Ya' gotta love the guy. :)

ha
 

i just finished reading his book this morning!

Do they load people face down in Oregon?

Haven't you ever heard of a turnover? :D