Do you remember the first game you officiated?

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I forgot to mention that I received $1.25 for working the game. That was good money for a kid back then, since my part time job working at a local hamburger joint paid $1.00 an hour. I had a friend who worked as an usher at a local theater and he got 85 cents an hour.

I think that after they took taxes out, I was left with something like $1.15. In those days, that bought 23 candy bars.

Mark, how was Dr. Naismith as a coach? Was he hard you guys back then?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

Mark, how was Dr. Naismith as a coach? Was he hard you guys back then?

I didn't play for him. I was his assistant coach. I came up with the idea of naming all set plays after successful basketball programs. Unfortunately, all our plays had the same name, "Springfield Y".

[Juulie Downs]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I didn't play for him. I was his assistant coach. I came up with the idea of naming all set plays after successful basketball programs. Unfortunately, all our plays had the same name, "Springfield Y".

Holy cow, a new joke? So the world ends tomorrow....?

[Texas Aggie]

South O-Cliff? That is/was a pretty rough part of Dallas. Isn't that where Dennis Rodman grew up?

I don't know about where he grew up, but he went to school there. The scrimmage wasn't at SOC. They were the visiting team. I've never actually been to SOC, though I've probably been to just about every other Dallas HS.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

Holy cow, a new joke? So the world ends tomorrow....?

Yup.