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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
It appears that JRutledge missed the point of my posting. Belonging to IAABO is not about getting games. It is just like any technical organization in anyother profession. It exists so that officials can become better officials. Not all civil engineers belong to the ASCE and not all medical doctors belong to the AMA but the vast majority do because they benefit in many intangible and tangible ways. Remember, IAABO is primary purpose to the education and training of basketball officials and not to assign games.
Yes, IAABO is strong the the Northeast and it does assign games and you must belong to IAABO to get assigned games, but that is no different than being registered by your state high school athletic association to be able to officiate in your state.
Belonging to IAABO in the Northeast is not unlike belonging to the Southern California Basketball Officials Assn. in the Los Angeles area. The CIF does not register officials, and you have to belong to the SCBOA to be able to officate in California.
I think that I have spoke enough. Check out the IAABO website: http://www.IAABO.org, and join it for a year. The worst that can happen is that you will get a tax deduction for the year.
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TH is correct, I am not at all talking about getting games. As a matter of fact, you do not have to belong to any organization to get game at all. If you are going to do HS games, you are required by the state to have a license to do HS level games. You do not even have to belong any organization other than the IHSA. In my state, you are on your own as to getting games. And because IAABO is really does not have influence here, being a member of IAABO here does nothing for you. There are no meetings that I am aware of. There are no camps run by that organization, and there are no assignors directly involved in that organization.
I can get training from NASO and my local associations better than IAABO can give me training where I live.