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Originally posted by rainmaker
Im not sure of all the details in Oregon, except that each association sends a certain number, and each association chooses who they send. Our association uses a formula that includes voting by the coaches and also by the membership of the association. I know that if you've worked a tournament two years in a row, from our association, you have to sit out a year. But then you are eligible to go back into the rotation. Once selected to work the tourney, a ref gets at least four games, possibly five. I'm not sure what the rules are about the championship game -- whether once you've done it once you're out forever, or not.
But actually this year, the whole tournament is going to be structured differently, so that there will be half as many games. I have no idea what that will do to the reffing situation.
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When I was in (state omitted), the association would "choose" their top 16 officials. EVERY NIGHT of the playoffs, they would start with #1 and work down until all the slots were filled. Every year, the same officials would be listed 1-16 for the most part and if you were below 16 you simply wouldn't get a single post-season game. Some officials would work multiple games in each round based on the scheduling.
Who does that serve, exactly, besides the people who somehow find their way at the top of the list? If you were a transfer official, you could be one of the best officials in the world and you wouldn't be able to crack that list for YEARS until people on the list stated retiring.
The Top 16 was heavy with college officials who would work VERY FEW HS games until the playoffs and people who would've done the sport a great favor by retiring 10 years earlier.
Rich