Overtime or Not?

[MN 3 Sport Ref]

Originally posted by fletch_irwin_m
Since the TO discussion was lively........
I am not sure if you all have these types of people in your associations, but it would be interesting to see.
We have a few officials who will go to great lengths to avoid any overtimes. They view overtimes as some lapse in officiating. When I heard this I was some what shocked. If the game goes into overtime it goes into overtime. I don't buy this "We don't get paid extra for overtime" theme.
Agreement?

In my very adament position officials who think this way are totally in the wrong livelyhood. What official who loves the game would not want to and get excited about the opertunity to work an extra period in an obviously well played game. These officials who "will not let" a game go into overtime are doing an injustice to the kids!!! Tell them to take up umping beer leaguer softball. Soory to be so adament about this, but we have a couple of officials like this in our assoc. and I have little respect for that attitude. We are out there for the kids not ourselves...