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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
The Coach/AD is not a class act. She told you she did not like the original official that she had contracted for the game and is giving you all of this information. Based upon that information alone I would have told the AD that I was not open. All you would have had to do is tell you are not available. Why not officiate the game? Even if you were open it would be unethical and unprofessional for you take the place of an official to which the school still had a contractural obligation. The school felt it made a mistake hiring the official. The school may well have made a mistake, but the school first needs to take care of its obligation to the originally contracted official before looking for a new one.
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Amen to that! The only way I take a game that another official already had booked is if THEY turned it back and my assignor needed a replacement or if I had no knowledge of a previous assignment already in place. Apply the Golden Rule.
As for turning back a 5/6 grade game that I already committed to because I got a better deal to grab a varsity game, it had better be my assignor that is making the change and he had better be controlling both officials in question. How would you like it if the shoe was on the other foot?