Any one have advice for me?

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Thank you all for your help. Bob has invited me to accompany his crew to a pre-season scrimmage and i am greatful for that. I umpire baseball & ref basketball but my favorite sport is football. In my town you need to be elected by the town hall to be on the chain crew for any High School football sport (Var, JF, Fresh.) **(It is all politics - but thats life and im learning to deal with that).
Everything here is politics, I dont even have my eagle scout badge yet because of politics - and i know of some baseball umpires that wont be invited back due to politics.
Anything to get me on the field, in a pregame, running the clock, recording penalties (yes, i know that these are officials jobs) but I would be willing to do anything; just to see what it is like to be on a h.s. field and referee.
Thank you all for your advice.
In the future I hope to be standing on the same field as you guys.
Thanks Again