Tournament Time?

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I'm guessing there will be no game check for you, either. There should be.

You guess correctly.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by grunewar

You guess correctly.

That's terrible. Schools think that contracts are one way documents where only the official agrees to anything. Too many assignors go along to get along.

If a game gets canceled for a reason other than weather, the school should be on the hook for the game fee. There's likely no time to pick up a comparable assignment at the last minute and it's not the official's fault that he no longer has a game.

[Rich]

My game tonight:

The visiting team (on the scoreboard) had a perfect first quarter. They scored no points and committed no fouls.

17-5 at the half, 39-7 final. The visiting team put up goose eggs in the first and fourth quarters.

We had a total of 16 fouls. The home team had 9, the visiting team 7. Tipped at 6PM, I was changed and in the car by 7:15PM.

Two more games for 2011.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

The visiting team (on the scoreboard) had a perfect first quarter. They scored no points and committed no fouls.

Early on in my career I did a MS game where it was 0-0 at the end of the first quarter. No fouls either. Only blemish on the scoreboard was the 1 which reflected the quarter.

As I approached the table, the clock op (AD) looked at me and said, "That's six minutes of my life I'll never get back." Classic for me!

[Rich]

I've managed to work some really lop-sided games since moving to Wisconsin. The 88-12 boys game this year. Last night.

But the worst was a first round girls playoff game where the top seed played a small private school who spent the year playing small private schools. 23-0 after one quarter, the final score was something like 92-9.

I've now worked 17 games this season and the closest one was 8 points and *that* game didn't even feel close. Luck of the draw -- we're scheduled almost 2 years in advance, so sometimes you end up with an unexpected gem and other times....