Officiating in the ABA

[26 Year Gap]

Heard back from my friend. Here is his reply on doing ABA:

Here are the pluses and minuses of doing ABA games:
Plus
____
1. High level of play
2. Challenges you as an official
3. Forces you to understand new rules
4. Makes the college and high school games seem easy

Minuses
__________
1. Pay sucks and the assignor is pretty bad
2. The players and coaches can be a big pain
3. The travel can be pretty extreme
4. You never know how good your partner is going to be

[tref]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Minuses
__________
1. Pay sucks and the assignor is pretty bad
2. The players and coaches can be a big pain
3. The travel can be pretty extreme
4. You never know how good your partner is going to be

Same can be said for HS & small college leagues as well...

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

4. Makes the college and high school games seem easy

It's glorified rec league ball, same as the rest of the semi-pro leagues floating around. That's what makes it hard to do.