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[dmbfan285]

I appreciate everyones comments, but I am not here to be told that what im doing is not possible. I have been a part of a college coaching staff and have attended numerous college recruiting camps (invite only) and have met a lot of people. Yes its rare but it happens.

I was always told its who you know, and thats helped me to this point.

I posted my situation to see others officials take on the situation and if they have encountered something similar. I appreciate the feedback from the few who have given points on the situation.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by dmbfan285

I appreciate everyones comments, but I am not here to be told that what im doing is not possible. I have been a part of a college coaching staff and have attended numerous college recruiting camps (invite only) and have met a lot of people. Yes its rare but it happens.

I was always told its who you know, and thats helped me to this point.

I posted my situation to see others officials take on the situation and if they have encountered something similar. I appreciate the feedback from the few who have given points on the situation.

Easy slugger, they're just expressing surprise. As Nevada said, if it can be done, more power to you.

I would add surprise that you're making more money with these rec league games than you would high school games. Around here, rec leagues pay about 40% of what JV games pay.

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I would add surprise that you're making more money with these rec league games than you would high school games. Around here, rec leagues pay about 40% of what JV games pay.

Not that surprising.

On a per-hour basis, adult rec league pays way better for me than high school JV.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Easy slugger, they're just expressing surprise. As Nevada said, if it can be done, more power to you.

I wouldn't be surprised as nothing about the camp scene surprises me anymore
Camped with an official who couldn't pass the HS test but that same official was picked up in a college conference... it's definitely about "who" one knows.

[Mark Padgett]

As you get more experience, you'll develop your own way to deal with these morons. Eventually, your attitude and responses will be a projection of your own personality.

Some officials just totally ignore these actions and just walk out without even acknowledging the comments, while others (like me) take great pleasure in giving back even more than we get, mostly in a sarcastic, and possibly even confrontational, manner. I'm not recommending you do that at all, but I am saying that how officials respond includes a very wide variety of actions. There's no one answer that works for everyone.

If I had to guess, I would think that the majority of officials try to ignore those people as much as possible. Personally, I don't think that's any fun at all.

[amusedofficial]

Originally Posted by dmbfan285

I appreciate everyones comments, but I am not here to be told that what im doing is not possible. I have been a part of a college coaching staff and have attended numerous college recruiting camps (invite only) and have met a lot of people. Yes its rare but it happens.

I was always told its who you know, and thats helped me to this point.

OK, good luck to you. Who you know might get you that first game, and it might even get you a year's worth of games, but after that, you're being evaluated (and complained about) by people you don't know.

And no assignor or supervisor of officials on God's green earth is going to put themselves on the line for someone who thinks they know it all but who lacks the abilities that can only be won through experience at increasingly competitive levels.

Go ahead. Fly high. Just understand that it's not all gliding.

Or, to quoth the great Earl Weaver: "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."