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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
I'm where we get to pick our partners and get our own games. I only work with good officials cause the games I get I'm asked to provide 2 officials. When another official calls me, it's because he wants to work with me.
We arrived an hour before the varsity game and walked in the gym to watch some of the JV game. On the way up we were joking about JV officials at some of the smaller schools and the uniforms they wear -- Byron collars, windpants, white shoes (local small-town officials who don't belong to an association because, well, it's not required here). Well, one of the officials had all three last night -- windpants, white shoes, and a collared shirt. The other one was in black jeans. We got through a minute of it before we couldn't watch anymore. Of course the laughing at the irony of our discussion wasn't helping either.
Rich
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Rich: I'm wondering why your state doesn't require certified (trained) officials for subvarsity. Is your geographical area too large to expect new candidates to attend a clinic and meetings? Who will be the next generation of varsity officials? Have you ever considered inviting these "local, small-town officials" to attend the referee classes and become certified? They are doing the most difficult task; refereeing without any formal training. It's hard enough WITH training. And, why would they have a proper uniform? Since they aren't in an association they probably don't even know about Honigs or similar vendors, or what is acceptable attire today.
Part of being a good official is helping to recruit and develop new people. All veteran varsity and college officials were once brand new, and most will admit they were pretty bad those first few years. I have umpired baseball for 9 years and reffed basketball for 7years. I guess that puts me in the advanced rookie/pre-veteran category. In any case, I hope I never appear pompous and consider myself above the newer guys coming up.