[cowbyfan1]

We have a school that pays new officials to run the chains. But as far as an association we encourage the newbies to get with a crew and go to their games to watch and learn. I did that my rookie year and it worked out my first 2 varsity games were that year with that crew as a fill in when one guy had to go out of town.
I also stood with the HL. A couple times I was able to help him out in handling the chain crew if they were not right. One game a chain crew member was tossed out of the game for cussing and I finished the game on the chains.