Dec. Referee football quiz ? # 4.

[DrMooreReferee]

Derock, I'm curious about something. Now, before I ask my question, I want you to know that I am NOT trying to blast you. I know there are a lot of other guys on this forum who really have an utter disdain for you. I really don't have those same feelings. In fact, if I wanted, I could just ignore everything you say and read everything else. I don't do that, I read everyone's posts. But what I want to know is this, why don't you want to do high school games? That really puzzles me. I'm sure it puzzles everyone else too.

Allow me to give you an example of how my season runs. This year I did 100 football games. I officiated way more games than anyone else in my district. Here is how I did it. An average week for me.
Monday----Youth doubleheader
Tuesday----Youth doubleheader
Wednesday---No football, church night
Thursday---Middle school/JV (doubleheader about 50%)
Friday----High school varsity game
Saturday---Youth (varies, usually 3-5 games)
Sunday----No football, church

At the end of the year, I always do as many Youth playoffs as I can. This year I did a bunch of them.

Here's my point of view. I love football, almost more than anything else. I eat, sleep, and drink football. But if someone told me that I had to give up my Friday night game and only do the other stuff, I would most likely quit. Its like eating a big meal and then NOT getting your dessert. I love youth football, I do a ton of it. But, there's just something about being on that field on friday night in front of THOUSANDS of fans. Rather than on a field thats barely marked properly and maybe 20-30 fans. I work my tail off to do the best job I possibly can, no matter what level of play it is. But, I couldn't imagine not doing the Varsity game. Its a totally different feeling. My co-workers tell me that I'm a different person on friday afternoons. I know why, its because long about 2:00 in the afternoon I'm beginning to get my "game face" on. Just like a player, an official gets excited about doing the nice games.

Again, sorry for the long post. But Derock, why is it that you've been doing this for 7 years and have no desire to do Varsity games? Seriously, it shouldn't be about money. Because I made a bunch this year, and you can see my schedule above. I even had an opportunity to do a Youth tournament real late in the season. It started on Dec.7th. I decided to NOT do it. The reason was because the tournament started the same day the South Carolina High School state finals were to be played. No, I didn't have a state final, but I wanted to go and watch. And, so I balked on doing some youth games. Seriously, Derock, why don't you want to do Varsity games??


Doc