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I agree that you should not officiate your schools games. I would not want a PV game for no man's money. I have to live in that town. Phil would not want me out there either simply because of the familiarity and the appearance of a 'homer'. I always put them down as a team that I do not want to work. I have enough problems working an Appy game because of the closeness to BSG and I go to church in that town. Anywhere I go though most know me because I have been doing this for a long time.

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I know what you mean there. I have had to work 3 RC games in the past. Two weren't that big of a deal, but 1 was against Honaker, and my cousin was so mad because I called PI on him. We were scheduled to do the RC/TS game year before, before being moved at the last minute to Pound/CW.

This being a crew with one from RC, one from TS, 2 from GC, and one from DB. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I could work any school in the area and know that I would not be biased for one or another. Often when I am doing a JV game for PV they get on me because I may be a little too tough on them. I try to be fair because these are kids and the petty junk of hating another team because of where they are from or who there coach is does not come into my mind. I am out there for the kids and no one else. If I have to get even with a coach by screwing his team then that does not make me much of a man or christian.

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I agree whole heartedly there also, and feel the same way.