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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by Robmoz
HUH? Are you saying that RACE should be taken into consideration of who to assign to work a game and that a black ref is more suited to work an all black team and vice versa? If so, do you also buy into the notion that female refs should stick to the girl's game? PLEASE TELL ME YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS.
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Maybe be Irpalmer3 is not saying that, but I am saying that. Race is not different than where you live, what conference you normally work, who has ties to a school and any number of situations that can play apart in assigning. It helps to make the complainers shut up because they have official that are of a certain race on the game, then put them on the game. You can always see what race someone is, you might not know someone lives in a certain town or has a relative that goes to one of the schools. This is no different than assignors that hire guys based on their resume, because they cannot say someone was not experienced enough to work a big game.
Peace
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Wow, I cannot believe that you would actually think that race (or gender for that matter) would play a significant role in determining who to assign to any given game. This is not the same as skills, experience, or attitudes.
In fact, I would even question the motives of the "complainers" if I had to address the issue of race or gender in assigning games for their schools or events. I would even question the motives of the assignor who allows such gerrymandering to occur. Heck, I might even question the legality of the whole discriminatory practice if all other things were equal as well.
I work a significant amount of "city" games, I think, because I am a good official. Maybe, since I am a white guy, I have been assigned those games as a token or to show some sort of racial balance? Geez, I really need to re-examine my beliefs, I must have it all wrong.