Interesting article on Knight/Valentine incident in 1998

[ChuckElias]

Since I'm here today at 26YearGap's behest, I'll add a brief story. (I apologize in advance if it sounds like I'm name-dropping.) When I was at an officials' meeting before the start of this season, a bunch of us were hanging out in the hotel restaurant. Several people were standing around a table near mine. Who's sitting at the table but Ted Valentine!

So when the crowd thins a bit, I go over and introduce myself. I said, "I was at Ronnie Nunn's camp a few years ago. You helped me a lot, and I just wanted to say thanks."

(I posted about the camp here: http://forum.officiating.com/showthread.php?p=96959 )

I shook his hand and one of the other guys at the table said, "Well, what do you know? Ted. . . You actually helped somebody???"

It was a really fun moment.