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Message: [QUOTE="QDOG5, post: 5186436, member: 6764"] I retired last year and a friend of mine who has been a ref for many years convinced me to sign up. He said there is a ref shortage in almost all sports. Overall it has been a positive experience. I ref boys/girls basketball up to the JV level. I'm happy to stop at the JV level plus there is a wait list for refs at the varsity level. I also ref girls lacrosse and girls flag football which just became a HS sport in Illinois. I ref varsity in those sports. The higher the level the more you get yelled at. It goes with territory. I've learned a few valuable lessons in my short career. After a game is over your work is done. Don't hang around because somebody on the court/field is not happy with the result of the game. Parsing calls with the losing coach is never fun. Also, regardless of the sport more whistles is better than less whistles, especially early in a game. [/QUOTE]