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Originally posted by CA BBall Ref
Here in CA state games are assigned to try to "MATCH THE PLAYERS" If 75% of the players are a minority the state trys to match with 75 % of the refs being a minority. Recently at our asoication meeting this issue came up in a subtle way. The officials that were speaking the loudest claming some type of "discrimination" were no where to be seen the last several years at our association summer clinic. Nor did I see any of those same officials at any of the other camps that I attended. Is their a possibility that discrimination exists in some associations? YES! But that exists in all areas of life, work, and schooling. What do you do? Don't b*tch, moan, and whine. Get involved. Run for office in your association. Ask to see the bylaws and make sure that they are applied equally and fairly. Don't go to every association meeting and complain that "I'M NOT GETTING TREATED FAIRLY AND HOW COME I DON'T GET THE GAMES THAT I WANT OR THINK I SHOULD GET." Work from within and be positive. Do you think that I got to where I am because I am a certain color? No I got here because I work very hard. I study continuously. I put in my time doing Rec. games refining my game management skills so I can apply them on a nightly basisi at upper level games. I go to camp. I stay in the gym to be in the best possible shape. I watch my game films and critic myself continully. Will you ask yourself if you are doing everything you can to make yourself better?
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What you just described is a system of racism...choosing the officials for a game based on their race...whether black or white, it is simply wrong. Imagine if the playoffs happened to be 90% of one race (pick either one), does anyone think it is fair to disqualify officials because that have enough of the 10% race despite the fact that they might be better. It doesn't matter which race you view it from, it's not right.
That said, I agree with that that those that often complain the most and don't get the better games are those that do not work to get better (black or white).