A player's shoe comes off during a live ball

[TonyT]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I went to a whistle show once. It had dancing whistles and some of them even took their lanyards off!

Just wondering. If you are a big time ref then why are you reffing these 5th and 6th grade girls games and rec games?

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by TonyT

Just wondering. If you are a big time ref then why are you reffing these 5th and 6th grade girls games and rec games?

This outghta be good. I'll keep you out of my ignore file for now so I can see how you handle the sh1tstorm I expect this will start.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by TonyT

Just wondering. If you are a big time ref then why are you reffing these 5th and 6th grade girls games and rec games?

So 5th and 6th grade girls games and rec games are two different things? Huh?

And, just to satisfy your misplaced curiosity, I've been on the board of our local kids rec league for over 15 years and I personally kept it from folding twice, once due to lack of funds and the other time due to lack of volunteers. I take my relationship with this league very seriously. It's just one of the many community volunteer efforts with which I'm associated.

BTW - keep it light. You're in the big leagues here. We only get "personal" with fanboys.

[DonInKansas]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

BTW - keep it light. You're in the big leagues here. We only get "personal" with fanboys.

Oh noes.....is he questioning your fanhood?

Barbed wire baby...all the way around.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by TonyT

Just wondering. If you are a big time ref then why are you reffing these 5th and 6th grade girls games and rec games?

But once quoted, it's etched in stone. You have to edit pretty quickly around here.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by TonyT

Just wondering. If you are a big time ref then why are you reffing these 5th and 6th grade girls games and rec games?

Just wondering. Are you also a "big time ref" or is this some kind of hero worship thing?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by TonyT

Just wondering. If you are a big time ref then why are you reffing these 5th and 6th grade girls games and rec games?

I've been on our local IAABO board for twenty-seven years, working varsity high school games for over twenty of those twenty-seven years. Although I've never worked a state tournament game, I have worked conference tournament games, including conference tournament finals.

I also work in a Catholic school league, that includes boys, and girls, from the lower grades through eighth grade. Games on weeknights involve the older players. Games on weekends involve only younger players.

This past Friday, my supervisor let me leave work two hours early, and lose two hours pay, to work a Special Olympics Unified Games tournament, for free. I worked five games, and two involved kids playing in wheelchairs, being pushed by high school volunteer partners. I didn't make any calls, other than out of bounds all afternoon, not a foul, not a travel, not an illegal dribble, but I felt appreciated, not a single critical comment about my calls, or lack of, by players, coaches, and fans. I don't ask my supervisor to leave work early to do varsity games, but I do every year for this tournament.

So, here I am, a pretty good high school varsity official, working a game with fourth and fifth graders on a Sunday afternoon? Why? Because I love officiating interscholastic basketball. Why should I be sitting in my Lazy-Boy watching a college, or professional, game on television, when I can be out there on the floor running up and down the floor with the kids.

I love this game. I love interacting with the players, coaches, and fans, no matter what the level. Yet I still consider myself to be a "big time" official.

Mars Blackmon (Spike Lee) said "It's gotta be the shoes." He was wrong. It's the game. It's the players.

[jsblanton]

I like to consider myself a big time middle school ref. I get to work a middle school camp for our local 8th grade coach this summer. I am kind of excited about it. To me, "a game is a game" no matter what level it is.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jsblanton

To me, "a game is a game" no matter what level it is.

Amen. To those kids, that game is the most important game of the day. The officials should treat it likewise.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by TonyT

Just wondering. If you are a big time ref then why are you reffing these 5th and 6th grade girls games and rec games?

Quite possibly the most stupidest post this month.

[Loudwhistle]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Quite possibly the most stupidest post this month.

Sorry to disagree with you Snaqwells, but that is the stupidest post I've ever read yet on this forum! An unbelievable travesty to the officials that are part of this group. When I first started viewing this sight, I only had to read about two of Mark's posts to discern that he loves the game and kids and that's all that matters. (Same for me by the way, care less what level or gender, just love the game, glad to be a part in any way.) I never want to be a "big time" reff in TonyT's book!

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by TonyT

Just wondering. If you are a big time ref then why are you reffing these 5th and 6th grade girls games and rec games?

WOW!

Me, I worked Over-40 Men's Rec League games last night.

I call a foul on a veteran rec-league guy who's an asst. coach for a BV team I ref regularly.

He asks me what he did. I said "you fouled him". He asks "how?" I said "with your right hand."

Then he says to "call the game right. This isn't about you"

Yeah, 7:00 games on a Sunday night for $18 is really an ego boost for me.

[Adam]

Sounds like a T to me.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

WOW!

Me, I worked over 40 Men's Rec League games last night.

WOW! is right. My limit is 20 in a season. I can't imagine working 40+ in one night!

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

WOW! is right. My limit is 20 in a season. I can't imagine working 40+ in one night!

Nice try BITS, but I noticed your little editing job on my quote.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Sounds like a T to me.

Not in this situation. We were side-by-side during the free throws. I made sure I got the last word in.