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Wed Jan 23, 2013, 09:11pm
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25 cent pseudo-bribe
So I am at a funeral dinner today
, and one of my wife's relatives proceeds to tell a story from his high school days. This young man graduated from high school a couple years ago. He was explaining that he and several of his male classmates would attend the HS girls basketball games. During pre-game warm ups, when the officials were standing along the sideline, holding their arms behind their backs, these hucksters would slip a quarter into an officials hand, and say "There's more where that come from". So, what would be the correct way to deal with that behavior? 
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Wed Jan 23, 2013, 09:19pm
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T whatever team they're supporters of and toss them from the gym
 No really, I'd toss them the quarter back, and go about my business. What else is there to do?
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Wed Jan 23, 2013, 09:21pm
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Times have changed. Now they hold up one dollar bills. But nobody ever actually handed me one.
Not gonna say I can't be bought, but I definitely can't be bought for a dollar.
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Wed Jan 23, 2013, 10:47pm
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Quote:
I am the best basketball official money can buy (  ) and $1 isn't going to buy me!MTD, Sr.
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Wed Jan 23, 2013, 10:55pm
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One night I was working and a kid threw his wallet at the feet of my partner during warmups. He completely over-reacted and threatened to have the kid removed. Just over the top.
I would've walked over and pocketed it for a few seconds to see the kid's reaction, but that's just me. I would've definitely had a laugh about it. (Side note for those in the know: It's the same official in an infamous video that's been posted recently and hinted at even more recently.)
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Wed Jan 23, 2013, 11:04pm
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Put it in my pocket, never know when you might need a coin flip to decide something
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Thu Jan 24, 2013, 09:36am
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My understanding is that the refs basically tossed the quarter back to the kids, chuckled a bit, and then told them basically "enough horsing around".
This kid also played basketball himself. He related the one time when they pulled the prank at a Thursday night girls game, and then Friday, the boys had the same crew working their game. Karma?
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