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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by drinkeii
I'm not referring to worrying about it - I'm referring to doing your job the best you can. That's all I ask. Why would you pay to be in a tournament or summer camp to have your team play games, to be officiated by officials who don't care, who aren't qualified, or both?
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That is something you need to take up with the tournament directors. I know when I work games the tournament directors are more concerned with cutting corners and not even providing good facilities for the officials. Then guys like you wonder why you get officials that do not care or do not give it their all.
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Originally posted by drinkeii
I did have one coach that complimented me and my partner 2 weekends ago, because we called things - She complained about 2 non-PIAA officials who worked a game the day before, same camp, different facility, that had no control over the game at all and called nothing. I'm relaying this third hand, but i completely understand where she was coming from, and probably worked with that guy the next day.
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That is all nice, but it still is summer league. You are just not going to get the same passion for the game from official, coaches or people that run the tournament because the values are not the same. Sorry to burst your bubble, I used to worry about this too. Then I realized that what I do or what I think does not matter either. I cannot even deal with coaches during the summer that are the head of their programs, so why should I expect every officials that works games are going to be top notch?
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Again, I'm not looking for top notch. I'm looking for qualified (minimum have passed the NFHS exam), and willing to give their best effort, or close to it. Why would you sign up to do something halfway? The coaches (and I'm speaking as an official throughout this set of posts) seem to take it seriously - some of them way too seriously. You are probably right about the people running the event cutting corners. But is it that unreasonable to ask for people who sign up to do these games to give a good, honest, reasonable effort? Again, why would you sign up to do something, if you're going to do a lousy job at it? I know this happens in everyday life... but my understanding of most officials is that they are doing it at the subprofessional level because it is a hobby - something they like to do. I don't think too many people become basketball officials for the money, with no love of the game or officiating in general.