I got nailed tonight

[J for Judge]

Just this past Saturday (Pee Wee Football in PR runs February to April):

I had to do Umpire. Yup. These all were on the SAME GAME.

1st: On couple of plays players make contact with me. Later my ankle/shin starts to hurt a bit.

2nd: Now we get funky. I try to cover a pass turned run, and I see these 15-year-olds (big ones, mind you) coming at me. I brace, and boom... straight down backwards on my seater. My neck hurt a bit but fortunately I'm good.

3rd: Covering a kickoff, I move the wrong way and I'm somehow close to returner about to meet tackler. Tackler flies towards R, and as he tackles R his feet crash on my legs like one of those nasty soccer tackles. OW. I have the kid's cleats stamped on my legs. I had to kneel down for a minute.

After the game, the other 3 officials laughing it off... oh, now you got baptized as a U, huh? (1st time I did "U" in 2 yrs.)

4 days later my legs and left shin still hurt...