"I'm 52 years old, and in all my years..."

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by icallfouls

bs!!!

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Not a very credible statement unless you're Superman.

[icallfouls]

I suppose that all 16 games were uphill, into the wind, the gym was a brick oven, there was no water except for what he squeezed from the blades of grass outside the gym between games where he would conduct wind sprints.

[DLH17]

Originally Posted by icallfouls

I suppose that all 16 games were uphill, into the wind, the gym was a brick oven, there was no water except for what he squeezed from the blades of grass outside the gym between games where he would conduct wind sprints.

these games were last weekend at one of the nicer h.s. gyms in the area. the a/c was working just fine. free water for officials at the concession stand, as well. got to work in front of and talk to a few h.s. coaches, as well. neat deal.

[icallfouls]

Originally Posted by DLH17

got to work in front of and talk to a few h.s. coaches, as well. neat deal.

I see.
I am sure you will reap the appropriate rewards.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by DLH17

these games were last weekend at one of the nicer h.s. gyms in the area. the a/c was working just fine. free water for officials at the concession stand, as well. got to work in front of and talk to a few h.s. coaches, as well. neat deal.

So you are a suck-up.

So glad that the coaches have no say in the assignment process where I am.

Nothing worse than an official who caters to the coaches.

[MD Longhorn]

Basketball lurker, football/baseball/softball official here.

I've had many Saturdays where I worked 3-5 75-90 minute football games in the morning and a varsity game that night... or 3-5 60-75 minute softball or baseball games in the morning and a varsity or JV/Vars game at night.

I GUARANTEE you that I and 90% of the other officials I work with in the same boat did what they could to call a decent game but conserve their energy during those peewee or youth games so as to be truly ready for the later contests.

The other factor you're not getting is that when you pay low, the level of official you attract tends to be lower --- not a blanket statement regarding EVERY official you get ... but the average talent/effort is lower because those guys that naturally hustle every game are working somewhere else for more money.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

The other factor you're not getting is that when you pay low, the level of official you attract tends to be lower --- not a blanket statement regarding EVERY official you get ... but the average talent/effort is lower because those guys that naturally hustle every game are working somewhere else for more money.

Ding, ding, ding... what do we have for our winner, Johnny?

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