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What I submitted to Referee in the cover letter for the article.
One reason for the article, is, on some assignments the Wing officials are the younger and least experienced on the crew and can be confronted with difficult situations beyond their skill level and need the support of the crew.
Another, is that some Referees, Umpires, and Back Judges are reluctant to get involved with the sidelines.
Some of these Referees, Umpires and Back Judges are NOT only the young ones (which one might suspect) but some of the older ones that have a significant influence in their association or officials group, that just dont want to deal with the sidelines. So much for the crew concept and leadership.
When I asked for feedback, I was curious to learn who might respond and the reasons.
The way officials are dealing with, or more correctly, not dealing with the sidelines, is an on going problem throughout the countryside as reported by our NFHS representative.
[Edited by Green on Aug 29th, 2004 at 11:59 PM]
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