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Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB
... an official shortage.
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Last year (before vaccination) 40% of our local guys chose not to be assigned games due to COVID.
This year (with vaccinations) 20% of our local guys chose not to be assigned games due to COVID.
We also had a ton of guys retire over that time period, with many saying that while they were thinking about retiring, COVID was the tipping point that pushed their decisions.
Over the past few years our local membership has gone from 320 members (active and inactive) to 270 members (active and inactive), baby boomers now getting too old to run up and down the court, pulling up roots and heading south for warmer temperatures, cheaper taxes, early bird dinner specials, and pickle ball courts.
Trainee classes have been in single digits over two consecutive years.
Still covering the same 70 high schools and many middle schools.
Every year officials get a year older and the schools stay the same age. Wait ... I'm being told ... Players? ... Really? Never mind.
