The game from H-E-double hockey sticks

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Nah, I live 20 minutes north of Madison.

It's the conference. They recognized that to get officials out to Southwestern Wisconsin they had to pay mileage and good game fees. They are the only "local" conference to pay a $65 game fee. It appears that they cap the mileage at $50, which is actually $20 more than I was expecting last night.

I thought it was 115 PLUS mileage.........I was going to say where do I sign up! Why don't they use Iowa refs, or maybe they do.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by fullor30

Can I ask what they give you for mileage?? Are you way up in "Ya hey dere country?"

Oh, you should've seen the JV officials, too.

One was in a Byron collar. The other in a V-neck. Both wore watches, one silver and one black.

One had this pair of shoes on: Running : Training : WR993

One wore black Dockers with a braided belt. The other had a pair of beltless pants that looked kinda like sweatpants. The other had on a nice, purty gold chain. Both blew pea-whistles that sounded like lung transplants were soon on the horizon.

Their attire matched their officiating.

When we were getting dressed I started asking the usual questions:

-Flag or no flag
-Who's the R
-What color watch?
-Necklace or no necklace?
-Lanyard or finger whistle, metal or plastic?
-Byron or V-neck?
-Officiating shoes or my black dress shoes?
-What color watch will we wear?

[mj]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Oh, you should've seen the JV officials, too.

One was in a Byron collar. The other in a V-neck. Both wore watches, one silver and one black.

One had this pair of shoes on: Running : Training : WR993

One wore black Dockers with a braided belt. The other had a pair of beltless pants that looked kinda like sweatpants. The other had on a nice, purty gold chain. Both blew pea-whistles that sounded like lung transplants were soon on the horizon.

Their attire matched their officiating.

Let me guess, no one said boo to them during their game? That's usually how it works in these parts. All the expert fans seem to come out of the woodwork for the varsity game.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Oh, you should've seen the JV officials, too.

One was in a Byron collar. The other in a V-neck. Both wore watches, one silver and one black.

One had this pair of shoes on: Running : Training : WR993

One wore black Dockers with a braided belt. The other had a pair of beltless pants that looked kinda like sweatpants. The other had on a nice, purty gold chain. Both blew pea-whistles that sounded like lung transplants were soon on the horizon.

Their attire matched their officiating.

When we were getting dressed I started asking the usual questions:

-Flag or no flag
-Who's the R
-What color watch?
-Necklace or no necklace?
-Lanyard or finger whistle, metal or plastic?
-Byron or V-neck?
-Officiating shoes or my black dress shoes?
-What color watch will we wear?

It must be quite a stark contrast when they have 'real' officials for varsity games.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by fullor30

Did you let the play evolve or toot the second the both touched the ball?

My standard for blowing the held ball adapts based on the quality of play, I'll be the first to admit it. In a good girls varsity game, I'll make sure the ball is tightly held by both players and will wait to make sure it's not just momentarily touched by two opposing players. For a boys game, I'll wait even longer.

6th grade girls? The threshold is considerably lower. I don't care how "elite" they are. Letting it go too long is just asking for it, IMO.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

My standard for blowing the held ball adapts based on the quality of play, I'll be the first to admit it. In a good girls varsity game, I'll make sure the ball is tightly held by both players and will wait to make sure it's not just momentarily touched by two opposing players. For a boys game, I'll wait even longer.

6th grade girls? The threshold is considerably lower. I don't care how "elite" they are. Letting it go too long is just asking for it, IMO.

I'm sure you've had the partner who can't wait to signal jump ball the nanosecond it's touched by two opposing players.