Refereeing In The US

ref1bal · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 21, 2003, 07:42pm

Hi Everyone,
I'm a referee in Israel and I would like to know how you can start Refereeing in the States? Which leagues do you start refereeing in? Where can I get Information about it especially in New-York area. or any. who can I speak to about it.
How do you advance? how many games can you make in a month? is there a living of it? .......??

any information will be kindly accepted :-)

Dan_ref · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 21, 2003, 07:59pm

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Originally posted by ref1bal
Hi Everyone,
I'm a referee in Israel and I would like to know how you can start Refereeing in the States? Which leagues do you start refereeing in? Where can I get Information about it especially in New-York area. or any. who can I speak to about it.
How do you advance? how many games can you make in a month? is there a living of it? .......??

any information will be kindly accepted :-)

email me

BktBallRef · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 21, 2003, 08:08pm

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Originally posted by ref1bal
Hi Everyone,
I'm a referee in Israel and I would like to know how you can start Refereeing in the States? Which leagues do you start refereeing in? Where can I get Information about it especially in New-York area. or any. who can I speak to about it.
How do you advance? how many games can you make in a month? is there a living of it? .......??

any information will be kindly accepted :-)

I'm sure Dan will answer all yoiur questions. However, I will tell you that no, you can't make a living at it. At least the 99% of us who don't officiate D-1 College or the NBA don't make a living at it. It's simply an avocation, not a vocation.

Mark Padgett · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 21, 2003, 08:09pm

It's easy. Most of us start officiating in the NBA. All you have to do is go to David Stern's house and ring the bell. After he serves you lemonaide, he will offer you a contract. However, you have to have your own whistle.

You probably will get about 150 games your first year, including the playoff finals. Expect to make about $375,000 to start.

Huh? What do you mean today isn't April 1st?

ref1bal · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 21, 2003, 08:20pm

You're hilarious. still I'd like to know the road map to david stern's house, and how many miles twist and turns must I take to get to his mansion... so info...

rainmaker · #6 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 22, 2003, 10:09am

From New York, it's not too bad a trip, but from Israel...

ROMANO · #7 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 22, 2003, 03:20pm

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Originally posted by rainmaker
From New York, it's not too bad a trip, but from Israel...

i will show him the way..and maybe i will join him and we both come visit you fox..Mark can you introduce me before David Stern?after all we have the same name..