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Come prepared
Tonight I was not scheduled to work tonight, so I went to watch a game with a friend. Well actually I was originally going to work, but because of some circumstances I voluntarily got off the game and went to watch my friends instead.
My partners had two games and before I left the house I looked right at my bag as if I was going to take it with me and did nothing. Then in the first game, one of my friends got hurt where he thinks he might have pulled a groin muscle or hamstring and guess who had to work in this place? MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! !!!! Fortunately my friend and I are not too far off in size, so I was able to wear all his uniform without much of a problem. So let this be a lesson to all of you, if you go watch someone work a game, bring your stuff. This has been a public service announcement brought to you by your fellow officials. Peace
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Life's like that sometimes.
I was assigned to wear the White Hat for a provincial high school football final because I had brought my gear to a game. Ya just never know when something strange will occur!
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Concur. I have been pressed into service on several occasions (mostly kids Rec League) due to no shows.
I was almost pressed into service a few weeks ago at a FB game. But, with 1 minute left in the 1st Qtr in walked the U. This ref is habitually late for games.....so, no surprise there!
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JRut-the lesson may be to always bring your bag with you and then you will be guaranteed not to work.
It always happens the one time you don't bring it.
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I have a spare bag in the trunk with complete gear just in case, which is unlike me as I tend to forget items in my regular bag. Had an early varsity game at a school not in the IHSA, and afterwards went over to nearby HS to watch boys Varsity. I get there for start of 4th quarter and there's only two officials and a couple of big dogs to boot. I went to locker room after game to say hi and they said if I was there at half, I could have jumped in. Would have loved to work with them. You never know. |
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Good advice, because this even happens to the "big dogs".
Way back in the early '80's, (that's 1980's) the U of I had a big game against KY on Christmas Eve. However, there was a major snowstorm that hit the area, and even though KY made it to town the day before, the entire crew of officials never made it to town. There were 3 HS/juco/D-3 officials that had season tickets that had their stuff ready to go, so when they got the call they were prepared for a great experience. Even last night, at the Purdue/WI game, they mentioned Hightower could not get out of St. Louis due to the weather, so they had to find a replacement official from the Chicago area that drove up to Madison in time for the game.
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Don't know.
I think you have to know someone.
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Nah, he's not really powerful at all. Besides, you might get in trouble if you use him to get things done.
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Now if I could just remember why I walked into the room .... But, yeah. Once the season starts, the bag is ALWAYS in my car.
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