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Old Fri Nov 22, 2013, 07:51am
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Football ended Saturday. Basketball (year 27) starts tonight.

I've cut back this season. Worked 58 games last year (a mixture of BV and GV). This year I'm looking at about 40 BV games. Not that I don't love working hoops, but working football into basketball into baseball each year means it's probably a good idea to cut back a bit until I can figure out whether I want to leave a sport behind. I've been saying this for at least 10 years now and I still haven't cut a sport out, so I don't anticipate it coming anytime soon. Matter of fact, in the last 10 years I've added (and removed and re-added) college baseball and added college football.

7 games in November, 13 in December, 13 in January, and 7 in February. Seems pretty balanced to me. I'm guessing I'll work more makeups now that I have actual nights off during the season, too.

Wow. I have 33 games between now and the Christmas break. How much ball could you work if you chose to?
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Old Fri Nov 22, 2013, 08:48am
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Wow. I have 33 games between now and the Christmas break. How much ball could you work if you chose to?
Are you including things like youth or adult ball, where there are multiple games one after the other?

I could work stuff like that every weekend. I choose not to work any of it.

They play one varsity game a night here. I may work 2 on a Saturday from time to time (an afternoon and a night game), but that's it.

I work over 100 baseball games a year and probably worked 40 football dates, too

I'm better when I work quality over quantity these days.
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Old Fri Nov 22, 2013, 12:24pm
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Are you including things like youth or adult ball, where there are multiple games one after the other?

I could work stuff like that every weekend. I choose not to work any of it.

They play one varsity game a night here. I may work 2 on a Saturday from time to time (an afternoon and a night game), but that's it.

I work over 100 baseball games a year and probably worked 40 football dates, too

I'm better when I work quality over quantity these days.
I had just over 20 HS games each year the last two years. Not as many as I would like and I really don't like doing wreck ball. This year however I got 4 games (one every day) for the first week. Hopefully this is good sign and there will be many many more games this year.
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Old Fri Nov 22, 2013, 11:52pm
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Are you including things like youth or adult ball, where there are multiple games one after the other?

I could work stuff like that every weekend. I choose not to work any of it.

They play one varsity game a night here. I may work 2 on a Saturday from time to time (an afternoon and a night game), but that's it.

I work over 100 baseball games a year and probably worked 40 football dates, too

I'm better when I work quality over quantity these days.

most of our games are jv/v double headers. In the 33 games I mentioned, one is a college game, one is a wreck ball game, 13 of them are tournament games and the rest are league play.

I usually work 150ish games a year. That is middle of the pack for my association.
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Old Sat Nov 23, 2013, 02:30am
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I usually work about 50 varsity contests a year during the regular season. Sometimes tournaments can take that number up to 60. That is enough for me. That is about 3 days a week and sometimes 4 if I get two games on a Saturday or one on an off day. I cannot imagine doing much more.

I also do not work girl's basketball so that makes my life so much easier with my schedule. I did early on in my career, but when I got the chance I gave that crap up.

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Old Sat Nov 23, 2013, 09:12am
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I'm a 3rd year official so still climbing the ladder to a larger quantity of games.

Working 2 pre-season Boys Varsity games today, 2 pre-season (JV/V) games next Friday and then moving into a sub-varsity regular season schedule. Showing 10 games currently but the rest of the schedule has yet to be published.
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Old Sun Nov 24, 2013, 12:59am
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I'm a 3rd year official so still climbing the ladder to a larger quantity of games.

Working 2 pre-season Boys Varsity games today, 2 pre-season (JV/V) games next Friday and then moving into a sub-varsity regular season schedule. Showing 10 games currently but the rest of the schedule has yet to be published.
Yeah were are lucky to have more than 2 weeks in advance. I am only out to Dec. 6.
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Old Sat Nov 23, 2013, 03:27pm
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I usually work about 50 varsity contests a year during the regular season. Sometimes tournaments can take that number up to 60. That is enough for me. That is about 3 days a week and sometimes 4 if I get two games on a Saturday or one on an off day. I cannot imagine doing much more.

I also do not work girl's basketball so that makes my life so much easier with my schedule. I did early on in my career, but when I got the chance I gave that crap up.

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I did the same this year, although I wouldn't call it crap. Some of the assignors took it better than others, but my goal was always to cut back from 60 to 40 and this was how I chose to do it.

I'm not sure the girls coaches ever really liked how I called the game, anyway. I applied advantage / disadvantage in the same way as I would in a boys game and many of those coaches seemed used to having every last bit of contact called.

Of course, last night was one of those boys games...the losing team didn't hit 30 points and the winning team committed 7 fouls in the first 5:30 and 18 in the first half. A kid picked up his fourth foul in the first half! Thank goodness the winning team came out in a 2-3 zone in the second half (and only committed 2 fouls in the third quarter).
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Old Sat Nov 23, 2013, 03:32pm
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80 games from November 1st thru the 3rd week in February. All high school games.

We do two games a night. 1 boys, 1 girls.

I also already have 2014-2015 scheduled.

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Old Sat Nov 23, 2013, 04:02pm
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I did the same this year, although I wouldn't call it crap. Some of the assignors took it better than others, but my goal was always to cut back from 60 to 40 and this was how I chose to do it.

I'm not sure the girls coaches ever really liked how I called the game, anyway. I applied advantage / disadvantage in the same way as I would in a boys game and many of those coaches seemed used to having every last bit of contact called.

Of course, last night was one of those boys games...the losing team didn't hit 30 points and the winning team committed 7 fouls in the first 5:30 and 18 in the first half. A kid picked up his fourth foul in the first half! Thank goodness the winning team came out in a 2-3 zone in the second half (and only committed 2 fouls in the third quarter).
When I do not enjoy it is is crap. Just like if I watch a movie and I do not get a joyful experience from watching, it is crap.

And one of the reasons it was not enjoyable was the way I called the game. I just did not penalize defenders for a stupid play by the offensive player like many that work that gender often do. I have only done those games as a favor the past 6 or 7 years, usually replacing people trying to get off of a game for post season games near the end of the year. And I have to be talked into working those games. It is not fun and get tired of hearing every little contact has to be a foul from a coach when no disadvantage or displacement has taken place. Even the worst boy's game is more fun to me than almost any girl's game IMO. And I am thanking God I have a choice to avoid and work what I want. And in many cases you cannot work boy's games if you work a lot of girl's basketball. Very few are successful at working both or are allowed to work both.

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Old Sun Nov 24, 2013, 11:52am
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Due to a new job this year, I had to give up football and basketball will only be slightly better. I'm able to get some time off in January, but being the new guy has its drawbacks. I'll be thrilled if I get to 10 games.
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How much ball could you work if you chose to?
I could work most every day of the week, including Sundays, IF I wanted to. But, I'm not as young as I used to be, and my 'real job' can be a bit taxing.

I find working four to five days a week is what I like. No more than 3-4 games on a Sat/Sun if I want to be fresh and give my best effort.
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