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One of the best to do it and a great man.

I can see him and the Ravens reaching impasse, and the Ravens saying “we’ll use the non-exclusive tag and see where the market values him, and we’ll match it.” That’s if they really, really think the Watson contract is an outlier. But there’s a lot of risk involved. If somebody throws Watson money at him, the Ravens either pay it or give up a franchise QB for 2 first round draft choices, about half of what they’d get for him in a straight up trade.

I have talked to numerous basketball officials, and for those of us who are "younger," officiating takes time away from the family. I got into basketball officiating because when I was an AD there was a mass shortage in my area. I've been an official since 2016 with no problems of filling up my weeknights. When I had no kids or even 1 my wife was fine with me officiating. But as time has progressed and now I have 3 kids, I have taken less and less games because I want to see them, help them with homework, and tuck them in at night. I have games scheduled for next year, but I am thinking about hanging up the whistle because I want to be around my family during the winter. I won't be able to in the fall because I coach football and coaching football is more important to me than officiating. I do not know what the answer is but here is my shot (these are in no particular order): 1. Money 2. Time- (I dont know how we make it better) 3. Coaches (How they treat officials) 4. Fans (How they treat officials) 5. Number of games- (with the number of travel teams rising in all sports except football, what is more important the school season or travel season) 6. Acceptance of officials (Male and female) 7. Official education/transparency (tell officials why they are getting a lower rating from a coach or school or not advancing in the tournament) I am sure there is more, but that is my two cents.

If anyone is interested, here are the TEAM results, I'll post individual in the thread: Boys Fr-So Results 1st Place ...........Madisonville North Hopkins Ky 2nd Place...........McClean County Ky 3rd Place............Linton Boys Jr-Sr Results 1st Place..........................Heritage Hills 2nd Place.........................Madisonville North Hopkins Ky 3rd Place..........................Tell City Girls Freshman-Senior was Madisonville North Hopkins for 1st place, they brought a powerlifting team and this is the only place handed out. There were girls from other schools.