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So You Want To Be A Beer-League Ref
by Paul on 01/20/10 at 08:21 PM ET
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from Sarah Boesveld of the Globe and Mail,
For about $25 an hour, Bruce Tennant has taken countless verbal slams and one physical attack that saw him haul a man to court.
“Yeah, I’ve been intentionally hit,” says the 49-year-old Toronto hockey referee, recalling a men’s rec league game in the early 1990s. The player was booted from the ice after one too many penalties. He came back for revenge – right at the neck of Mr. Tennant.
“He followed me across the ice and cross-checked me in the back of the head with his stick,” says the seasoned ref, who’s sported the stripes since he was 14 years old. “I wasn’t injured, but he was found guilty and was given a suspended sentence.”
The job can be thankless, especially in beer leagues where refs are paid far less than those who do official league games.
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