Why We Don't Diss - Page 3

26 Year Gap · #31 (**permalink**) Thu Jan 13, 2011, 11:09am

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Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Kinda like your posts on this forum.

Es tu, BktBallRef?

vbzebra · #32 (**permalink**) Thu Jan 13, 2011, 11:30am

[QUOTE=BillyMac;715126]Plus, you see odd rule situations in these low level games that usually only happen in these low level games, and you learn how to handle them, until one day, low and behold, you have the same situation, a once in a career occurrence, of this odd play in a high school varsity game, and you're now sure that you know how to handle it.QUOTE]

Amen!!!
Actually happened to me last week. something came up in a middle school game, same thing came up in a varsity game 2 days later, and we got it right!!! (thank god, b/c it was my first as the "R" in a varsity game, so I'm REALLY glad i had the experience in the middle school game and got that
eff-er right in the varsity game!)

Rich · #33 (**permalink**) Thu Jan 13, 2011, 11:44am

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Originally Posted by Amesman

Face it, at some point, doing MS and even kid rec games falls under the "giving back to the game" category (even though, ironically, you're probably still taking $omething from it). The kids are trying their best, so they still deserve our best -- physically, attitude-wise and mentally focused. If it doesn't make you sweat, that's great. (Some officials it will make sweat and, well, bully for them if they're giving it a good go.)

I never thought how much I was sweating or how far/fast I was running was the point of officiating (a needed element, perhaps but not the sole or most important criteria). There is still "good" basketball to be seen and officiated, whether it's HS V, frosh A or B, MS, Princeton or Dean Smith's four-corner stall.

All of it deserves conscientious effort and should be appreciated for the earnestness of the participants ... which basically loops back to the message in the OP. IMHO

I worked a middle school game last year. Filled in for a guy who was working a state football final. I worked it as hard and the exact same way I do a varsity game. Personally, I know no other way. I sweat just as much as I normally do.