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Originally posted by WyMike
Thanks BZ.
We only have 12-15 in our association and maybe 4-5 1st/2nd year officials. And I would think only the few who've taken a serious approach to the craft and have worked their way to college levels would be interested in mentoring. And it should be given freely by them, so they should have a say in whom they would be investing their time in.
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WyMike,
Don't limit your program to those who have moved up to the college level. We have 40 officials in our association. The best official we have is not a college guy. He could have been, he has been asked but didn't go. If you limit it to just those guys you are missing some very valuable information that is available. Along those lines, the majority of the people that get into this avocation won't make it to the college level, just like most high school athletes. With that being said, the college game is called differently than the high school game, you don't want to not have the institutional knowledge from your best high school guys available for use...
I think all of our Wyoming associations need to implement a program however, we are in the baby step process of doing it down here too, albeit very informally....good luck with the program
