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Originally posted by Axe Man
CaptStevenM, I am going to guess this is NC State. As someone who runs an IM program and trains officials, this stuff usually burns me a bit. I know the staff at NC State and they do a good job.
We do a four day, 8 hour training with our student officials. Our kids get paid $6.35 an hour. They work for us as an official instead of slinging hash at the dining hall. Kids like the writer appear in the paper every other year or so. Complaining about how they lost, got screwed, or worse by our staff of untrained officials. Funny thing is, it is usually the games with my best officials on them that they have the problem with.
Sorry...I'll get down off the soap box now.
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You are correct Axe Man. I do goto NC State and couldn't ask for better staff to learn from. Our starting officials get $6.50 an hour, with raises coming if you get certified or work year after year. I am surprised that he wrote it this year. This year we have one of the best crop of first year officals I've seen in my four years here. As to our training program. Its 4 days long, where the first two days are in the classroom/court talking about the rules, getting practice on positioning, calling fouls, etc. The second two days are scrimmages where the new refs are shadowed by experienced ones and everyone watches the games and talk about what happens.
It does seem the games where people complain the most are the close ones with the experienced refs.
If I had a nickle for everytime some yelled about over the back or when people flop and then want a player control foul.