Coach sat on a ball the whole game.

GoodwillRef · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 31, 2011, 09:32am

6 games in a row is too much...did they not have enough bodies to work?

chartrusepengui · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 31, 2011, 09:56am

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Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

6 games in a row is too much...did they not have enough bodies to work?

This is normal where I am at and NO we really don't have enough people to avoid this. Sat I did 6 in a row, 1 off, 2 more. Sunday 6 in a row and home.

In a couple weeks we have 2 tournamnets in two cities 4 miles apart in two states. One is girls the other boys. They get teams from miles away because they advertise the use of registered officials intead of volunteers. To cover this we will average 10 games/day. This is MS 6-8 "elite" teams.

Jurassic Referee · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 31, 2011, 10:37am

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This is MS 6-8 "elite" teams.

Is "elite" considered above or below "competitive"?

chartrusepengui · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 31, 2011, 10:52am

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Is "elite" considered above or below "competitive"?

These are the supposed "all star" teams from cities. Kids may go to different schools in a city and be on this team for tournaments.

26 Year Gap · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 31, 2011, 11:06am

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These are the supposed "all star" teams from cities. Kids may go to different schools in a city and be on this team for tournaments.

Oh. So, they do not have cardigan warm-ups.

chartrusepengui · #6 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 31, 2011, 11:17am

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Oh. So, they do not have cardigan warm-ups.

Sometimes not even "legal" uniforms.

Rich · #7 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 31, 2011, 11:26am

I keep hearing about these weekend games, but somehow I never seem to run into one of them. So they actually exist, huh?

stir22 · #8 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 31, 2011, 10:24am

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Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

6 games in a row is too much...did they not have enough bodies to work?

pretty routine here also...some of the guys/gals will go all day, hour long games, 2 20 minute halves, running clock, etc.....one guy did 12 in one day!!! i did the last four (i'm not as young as i used to be!), and during the last game one kid (6th grade) verbally protested a foul. my partner said, in a not so quiet voice,"now is NOT the time to question my calls..."

lots of guys do 6-8 games...i don't like to do more than four. but, what do you do? our pool is shrinking, and no one wants to ref.

chartrusepengui · #9 (**permalink**) Mon Jan 31, 2011, 10:26am

I did 12 last year at the same tournament weekend. I won't do it again!! I was hurting! Now my limit is 10

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