Looking forward to Camp (s)

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by BballRookie

. . . they act like attending camps is for suck ups, or they just can't make it for whatever reason (some legit, like work, which is understandable). . . .

Reasons Around Here for Not Going to Camp:
(as far as I've been able to discern)
1. Fear of constructive critique (same guys who don't accept intra-crew feedback well)
2. Conflicting officiating schedule (lots of basketball guys here also do baseball and softball in summer months)
3. Don't want to shell out the bucks (same guys who complain when the game checks are late; settle for shoddy uniforms)
4. Haven't done it before (no first-hand knowledge of the beneficial aspects of camp)
5. Bad vibes from some who go to camp (who come back as "better than others know it alls")
6. Some officials are happy at the sublevel they're at and don't desire to move up (J.Seinfeld: "not that there's anything wrong with that")
7. Just don't have enough local officials promoting it
8. Procrastination when it comes to registration
9. Work conflicts (cf. parenthetical remark on #6)

[bainsey]

I'll own up to #3 and #4 in the past. I signed up for my first camp this summer, and I thank those here for pushing them. If anything, we don't get enough constructive critique during the regular season.