Friday, September 3, 2010

Back to the back of the line...


Another town, another effort to show I can officiate football.

I am entering my 8th season officiating football. Unfortunately, it is in my 4th city, and each time I move, I have to start the process all over again of establishing my abilities on the field. This time is a little more frustrating because if I had stayed in Philly, I was in line to make a college crew (The picture above is from a Div III NCAA game I worked last season). Now I'm just trying to get on a supplemental list for next season. I understood that this would happen, you can't move into a new area and get plum assignments, nobody knows you or what you can do. So I've been working many scrimmages, working positions that I haven't worked in years, just trying to show people that I know what I'm doing, even if I'm trying to do it from the LJ position (I haven't worked wings since moving to Philly).