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I have seen this topic posted on some official's board here and there, but it's like the old adage, ....when you need something, then you can't find it anywhere. When you don't, ...then you find it.
Anyway, ....real concern lately I am having with our association. I realize it's a problem really everywhere, but I see the cloud building on the horizon to really cause problems years down the road. Recruiting good quality officials. To be honest, we don't do anything about it, and we need to. Get them in. I have discussed this with several of our crews, ....and we figure each year maybe brings us in 20 guys to begin the year. 3-4 years later when these guys are ready to become serious Varisty officials, ...there ar emaybe 2-3 left from the 20 if we're lucky. Maybe it just feels this way, ...but these 20 guys every year seem to be getting of lower and lower quality of offcials, and it concerns me.
So I'd like some ideas of everyone else's association. What do you do to try to get new memebers? Advertise? Talk to local college coaches and AD's? Go out trying to find them? Offer incentives for people to bring in others? I know pay is an issue, and that's another battle to work on later. I honestly think mor epeople would become officials and good ones, that would never even try it. How do we get them out there to give it a try?
I'm look for some good suggestions I can take and try to utilize.
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