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Originally Posted by Raymond
NC and SC have different systems that include a lot of involvement from the state body from what I gather reading various posts.
In VA, games are assigned through associations who elect/select their own commissioners who negotiate contracts with schools and conferences. An association must have at least 6 public schools to be fully recognized by the VHSL and send officials to the state tournament. VHSL has absolutely no say when it comes to private schools.
A lot of politics over the last 7 years has hurt a lot of careers and caused a lot of turmoil; downright ugly at times. This will be my 6th season belonging to 2 different associations, but my first where my "local" association is fully recognized by the VHSL. Luckily there is no animosity between the 2 commissioners for whom I work.
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I can't really speak for NC other than what I mentioned, but in SC we have our own set of issues. All varsity assignments come from Columbia rather than the local districts; there's never really been any significant push to have that changed. Since assignments aren't done locally you can only receive a maximum of two varsity DHs per week (Columbia's way of "spreading the wealth," though most games are Tuesday/Friday anyway). Our rating system rewards "good ole boys" who've been around forever and good test-takers rather than good officials. Leadership acts like it doesn't have the money to organize an evaluation program aimed at putting the best officials on the best assignments; in other words they want an easy, black-and-white numerical formula that doesn't put quality on the floor. It's embarrassing what we put out on the floor for the state semis and finals.
The SCHSL is the "organizer" of the SCBOA, so while officials technically belong to the SCBOA, there's not really any separation which creates issues regarding who should have control over which things. It's an antiquated system that is a mess without any solution that's acceptable to the masses who are just used to it being this way. We've got good people that are trying to make real change but old geezers are just standing in the way.
So, while there are plenty of politics that go on here, there just isn't as much push for change and due justice as there is in Virginia.