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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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Originally posted by rainmaker
I'll tell you my primary beef about how the officials are chosen for state in our association. All the officials are thrown into one pot, and voted on by everyone. This means that if a ref only does girls games, as all the women do in our association, only half the coaches see them, and they never get enough votes to make the top of the list. Also, since we put women together as much as possible to give the girls as many women refs as possible, not nearly as many men refs have seen the women refs as partners, so the ref part of the vote heavily favors the men also.
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Why do you put women refs together for girls games? Why DON'T women refs work both sides so they can be seen by ALL the coaches?
In Michigan, I have only worked 1 time with another woman in a tournament game (boy's and girl's) in 21 years.
That's not to say that there are no women. They tend to spread us around (ooh, that doesn't sound good) and place us with male officials.
I like it that way, and as you say, more people get to see us.
I do believe that ALL athletes should see strong women role models (as well as men) officiating, and Michigan has always been very progressive in tournament placement.
Juulie seems to be a strong advocate, and most likely a great role model; I'll bet that she can encourage a change for the better in her state.