Worst luck ever

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Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I'm with Rich, we have no business telling others why they should be officiating. I started for the cash in college, and because it was fun. The standard saying is pretty true: "I don't do this for the money, but I wouldn't do it for free, either."

Originally Posted by BillyMac

When I started officiating thirty years ago, I had a young family. We were saving for three college educations, making car payments, and saving for an upgrade from our five room ranch. I would officiate games anywhere, anytime, at any level. If they played games in a bathtub, I would be there to make the toss.

Mr. Ed,
Have you been beaten enough, yet?

Snaqs statement pretty much sums up how most of us feel. At the same time, for the officials under 30 (and, perhaps, for some others out of a job or under employed at the moment), money is a MAJOR factor. Let us not judge others' situations until we have walked in their boots for a mile. And, just because we walked in those boots 20 years ago doesn't mean we have necessarily earned the right to judge TODAY, either....