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Originally posted by BktBallRef
Rut, I have to disagree with you. I have watched hundreds and hundreds of NBA games in the past 25 years. I have never seen an all black crew in a game. And it's very, very seldom that I see an all white crew. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen, but it's very rare to see. I believe that the NBA intentionally integrates the crews. And that also happens on the college and high school levels when possible.
No, you don't see women calling very much at the high school level. But there are quite a few of them calling Women's college ball. I would venture that the percentage is close to 50%.
When you consider that, as you just said, men do dominate officiating, it actually is an accomplishment for a woman to call an WNBA All Star game. This is true even though there ranks are growing. My guess is that the original poster sees very few WNBA games and was, therefore, surprised to see two women working the game.
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TH, I think you guys are taking the comments way out of context. All I am saying is that this is not a record-breaking event. It is not like Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, or the implementation of Title IX. It does happen from time to time, it might not even be most of the time, but you do see all-women officials crews in the WNBA and all-Black crews in the NBA. I can only speak for the games I see on TV, not the games I have never seen or played around the league. And yes I have seen and all-Black crew in the NBA in both the reg. season and post season. Just like my earlier comments, it does not happen every but it does happen. Almost 1/3 of the NBA officials are Black. So I would think that at some point they would be a possibility that they would be a crew with all people of the same race other than those of the white color.
Now both may not be everyday situations, but they are not first either. That was my point.
And as it relates to HS women officials (at least in my area) if you are good, you will move fast. I know a female official that did college games in her first year. I worked with her in my first girls game of last year and she was telling me how she was doing college ball. She thought I was so good she could not believe I was not doing collge ball. And last year was my 5th season, and she was in her second doing college games. So it does not suprise me or makes since, that if you are a women and you can officiate, they are looking for you to move up fast. But then again, I am surrounded by college officials where I live.