Good partner, finally!

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by representing

Our chapter is very political, and that's from a bias standpoint. It's hard to make it to varsity until at least the 5th or 6th year unless you got great connections which I lacked. Let it be known that I was also away for most of the last three seasons and that has hurt me in my process of going up to Varsity. I was going to a college, in the same District but totally different league, for three years (Fall 2006-Spring 2009) so I couldn't get a lot of recognition during that time. I would only come home on some weekends and usually get biddy games and some JH games. It was hard for me to get JV games during those three years for some reason. I would get games during the week at the leagues down there, but I didn't care about doing Varsity as I didn't think I was going to be officiating in those leagues this year, which turned out to be correct. Maybe next year since those leagues are now recruiting a few guys from our league to officiate.

So all-in-all, I would say that total experience would come to around 4 or 5 years, even though this is my 6th season.

Based on your knowledge of the rules (or lack of knowledge, I should say), it's probably a good thing for everyone involved that you haven't worked any varsity games. You really have a large chip on your shoulder for someone who has a very poor understanding of the rules.