How did we get from a renegade former association president attempting to found a new association and take his former association's contracts by undercutting his former colleagues in cost and quality to comparisons of traffic patterns in New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions?
AFAIK, unless the new association is registered with (and has approval from) the MPSSAA (assuming that Terrapins Fan is talking about Maryland), it can't take contracts from the existing association on the OP's territory (at least not high school contracts). I don't believe that such things would be allowed in the WVSSAC or VHSL either. I don't know much about how to form an association (other than what is written in the VHSL officials' handbook), but wouldn't a new association registering with the state for the first time have to undergo a probationary period before it can be approved as a scholastic officiating organization? In Washington, D.C., there are only 5 approved basketball associations for scholastic games (Board 12, MBOA, JUSO, Sports Enhancement Officials, Mid-Potomac Officials Association) and Charm City Basketball Officials Association, a new group looking for approval, and any official working in DC must be a member of an approved association.
AFAIK, Sean Conley and the DCSAA approve the formation of new associations and oversee their activities, to ensure fair competition for contracts and proper operation (associations can be disciplined if their members fail to act professionally or if they fail to meet obligations to the DCSAA (e.g. wearing DCSAA patches for scholastic games in DC, paying DCSAA registration fees for their members)). Perhaps MPSSAA and the other governing bodies around the area have similar means of regulating association formation and activities (The MPSSAA has a list of registered associations in each sport, and only officials working for those associations service MPSSAA schools).