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[grunewar]

Originally Posted by cmhjordan23

There are a few middle schools in my area that will feed officials. There are a couple of guys I know that definitely take advantage of this.

This is how it is here........

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Of course, if you were a Mythbuster, you could just show them your Mythbuster Secret Decoder Ring.

Cannon fodder.

[26 Year Gap]

One school I worked at up north usually gave us hot dogs that were left over. Sometimes, more than one. I joked with one guy that we wanted to make sure we called a two hot dog game.

[tomegun]

The most memorable experience I've had is a college in New Orleans gives the officials po boys (southern thing if you've never heard of it) after the game...and you get to order it before the game.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by tomegun

The most memorable experience I've had is a college in New Orleans gives the officials po boys (southern thing if you've never heard of it) after the game...and you get to order it before the game.

During football season, we had a youth team providing all you can eat boudin to the officials. I stopped myself at one because if I had eaten any more, I don't think I would have cared about the games.

[Lcubed48]

Originally Posted by tomegun

The most memorable experience I've had is a college in New Orleans gives the officials po boys (southern thing if you've never heard of it) after the game...and you get to order it before the game.

oyster po boys - yummo!!

[JMUplayer]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I was once pulled over in a small town because I was the referee.

Night game. Home team lost, showered, left. Not more than a few hundred yards out of the school, I get pulled over. Apparently I was speeding.

Cop makes the mistake about mentioning that I was a referee. I asked if he was just at the game....he said he wan't. Suspicious, I asked him how he knew I was a referee. He claimed to have recognized me from his kids games....I hadn't been to that town in about 2 years. Hmmmm.

He let me go. Later, I told my partner about it.....he got pulled over too.

We asked around and found that several referees were pulled over just after leaving that same school...none ever with tickets, just warnings (probably so it wouldn't ever show up in any official record).

While nothing was ever proven, the assumption was that the coach, the AD, or someone connected with the school was having a buddy copy harass officials after games where the home team lost or was tough. Our commissioner called the AD on the issue and said it needed to stop....and it did. Hmmm.

Video on an IPHONE would have been golden in this situation.