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Originally Posted by ilyazhito
Does it mean that 3-person is finally allowed in the regular season in CT?
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Oddly, between economic recessions, when we sometimes didn't have enough officials to service games, especially subvarsity games, we experimented with three person crews in junior varsity games (two varsity guys and a subvarsity guy), and the two varsity guys would then "hang around" and do the subsequent varsity game.
Somebody figured that two varsity guys would be less tired for their varsity game by working in a three person crew in the junior varsity game. I forgot how the fee structure worked (maybe the two varsity guys split a single subvarsity fee in the junior varsity game), but the experiment only lasted one season.
The idea was that principals, athletic directors, and coaches didn't mind tired officials in their freshman and junior varsity back to back doubleheaders, but wanted officials as fresh as possible in their varsity games.
A very odd experiment.