UNC/Kansas

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by socalreff

Someone got it. Nice catch on my oxymoron.

A misspelling, intentional or not, is not an oxymoron. An oxymoron is a perceived contradiction of terms, like "jumbo shrimp" or "Billy Packer - basketball commentator".

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by socalreff

I probably averaged 600-700 games per year my first 7 years.

Where? On your Nintendo?

[tomegun]

Did I miss something? Who is Larry?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by tomegun

Did I miss something? Who is Larry?

He's the one in the middle.



He's the one in the middle.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

He's the one in the middle.

He's the one in the middle.

Mr. Moderator. I would like to nominate this post as the most humorous post of the month. I need a second.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by tomegun

Did I miss something? Who is Larry?

No, you didn't miss anything. Socal decided, for whater reason, to call Jurassic "Larry." Either he thinks he knows something we don't (possible that he thinks this), or he just thinks it's funny (also possible that he thinks this.)

[Adam]

Originally Posted by socalreff

I probably averaged 600-700 games per year my first 7 years.

Two words: Diminishing returns.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Two words: Diminishing returns.

Didya ever hear of anyone doing a THOUSAND games a year?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Didya ever hear of anyone doing a THOUSAND games a year?

Old School?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Old School?

Close....

http://forum.officiating.com/showthr...719#post395719

[Adam]

I remember that discussion. To be fair, after about 300 games a year, one starts to lose track. As I said, "diminishing returns" "integrity."

note: I fixed it myself.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by socalreff

It just sorta came to me...They don't call me devil's advocate for nuthin'...

There's some quote somewhere to the effect that "when people tell you to go to hell, they're not praising you for being a devil's advocate."

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by socalreff

I would do as many as 11 or 12 games on a Saturday.

Let's hear it for youth!!!

While I agree there is no replacement for experience and have heard many times to do as many games as possible, I find at my advanced age (47) if I do 5 or 6 games a day, I am just not as sharp and can't get up and down the court as well as I would like......hence the "diminsihing returns" others have spoken of many times.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by socalreff

Seriously. When you take into account all the games I did -- rec, regular season, travel ball, Asian leagues, Hispanic leagues, camps, spring, summer, fall leagues -- that's probably a conservative number.

Yup, 700 games a year is a conservative number, folks. Seriously.

[dblref]

Let's (apostrophe in the right place) see. If you do 600-700 games a year, at an average cost of a mere $30 per game, you would make $18K - $21K a year. If you did this for the last 7 years, you have made $126K-$147K. I'm impressed!