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Originally posted by tomegun
Money is an issue here (I live in the DC area NOT Nevada anymore  ) as well as the third person. Fortunately we have an assigner who will send a 3rd official to a game if needed.
We really can't control the money but we can control the third person. If the U2 is weak and it shows they can easily become the target of the coaches. They complain that there is no reason to have the U2 because they aren't ready for the game anyway. I know for a fact this has been said before by coaches and administration and quite frankly they are often right.
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Maybe they are "right" where you are, that is not the case in many situations where I live. The coaches just use that as an excuse to get rid of a system that they neither understand or that they are not used to. There even was a conference (which had no business getting rid of 3 person) used the excuse that officials were not "talking to them" and explaining calls. This was before the change was for the calling official to go table side. Well this conference decided to keep 3 Person before last season (they were informed about the new mechanic).
The other factors to this are our state playoff is all 3 Person in Girls and Boys. It is required for all officials wanting to work playoffs to attend a 6 hour clinic, which includes classroom and floor evaluation. It is also required that officials to keep their license attend an IHSA certified clinic every 3 years. You do not have to attend a 6 hour clinic to keep their license by the way, but a 6 hour clinic does fulfill the state requirement. That has made much more consistency and helped across the state. I do not know if all areas do this, but it sure has helped us here.
Peace