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Juules,
Being in Nevada, we have a number of small schools in the state. They do not field freshmen teams and some do not even have jvs, but most do. When they play, they run the four games exactly as you have stated. We officiate these small school games two-man, and 99% of the time the refs are scheduled in two crews. One crew does the two jv games and the other comes later and works both of the varsity games. Because of the wide open space out here there is significant travel, and so it makes sense to do it this way with the out-of-town small schools. While it is still not the ideal way to handle it, I can understand why these schools are done this way. I only have a real problem with the way the games at the bigger schools, which are in town, are handled. I can't think of any rationale for working a GV/BV doubleheader in town other than greed. It is not like we are severely short of officials and need to do this. Perhaps in years past the association was quite small and the current schedule is a hold-over from then, but I doubt it.
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