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Originally posted by Nate1224hoops
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Originally posted by dpk933
I am an assistant principal at a local high school. I have told my assignors to not put me at my school for any level. I really don't like to do games at the high school on the other side of the city, but will take them occasionally.
Every Christmas my school hosts a freshmen and JV tourney. THe varisty coach usually calls the officials for this tourney. Because it starts so early in the day I help out and take a few games. This year I had to do my own school. It was not fun. Probably won't do that again.
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Completely understandable. Good,respectable officials should never work a game at the school in which they teach.
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I do JH at my school and would not have a problem doing JV except that they play on varsity nights and I am usually busy elsewhere. In my area, JV would be happy to have quality officiating and I would be appalled if they felt there was any homecooking going on. The reason we stay off of varsity games isn't because there would be any homecooking it's just to keep any questions for ever arising. I guess we are probably more laid back about lower level competition. Everybody realizes that each game is of the utmost importance to the kids involved but in many cases just finding qualified people to work those levels is difficult. It actually helps me build good foundations with my younger student athletes, they love having me officiate there games even though we sometimes have to have the discussions about why I would never give them any unfair advantage and how sometimes they may even get the short end of the stick.