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Clay,
Having not seen the three officials that you are talking about myself, I can only conjecture. I would say that your assignor does not share your opinion that the three officials have no business doing that game. Is there no rating systems in your area that has a hand in determining who gets which games? Or is it strictly up to the assignor. There are always problems (perceived or real) when one person (I.E. assignor) has all the power to assign.
Like someone else already said, appearance is extremely important in making that first impression. Then you gain a reputation over time based on how you call the games. I can only surmise that these three officials have gained a reputation over the years as being good officials. I think a professional appearance is extremely important and it bothers me when my partner doesn't look like an athlete. That being said, I'd rather have a competent chubby partner than a questionable partner who can run like Carl Lewis.
If these three are getting to the point that they can no longer keep up, it will catch up with them and they'll stop getting games.
Z
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