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Originally posted by blindzebra
The point isn't can someone get games if they jump through the correct hoops and kiss the right behind, it's is the system flawed?
It is.
Officials move, retire, get injured, and die.
Schools close, change classifications, or change game times and dates.
There is not a logical reason to increase the likelihood of those things happening by setting up a schedule 3 years in advance.
It is an abuse of the power that assignors have, and an abuse of the system to attempt to lock up officials, and it's wrong.
Sure those that live there must play the game to get along, but that does not make it right.
[Edited by blindzebra on Feb 1st, 2006 at 07:33 PM]
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Three years ago in my area of WI, I worked a full (for me) schedule of 20-25 Varsity games with approx. 15 different partners. Almost all the games were turned back by others for various reasons (illness, work, etc.)so it's not impossible to get assignments. As Rich alluded to, the phone isn't going to ring all on its own. Officials need to be active in networking thru their "association" to be visible/get noticed. Is that considered butt kissing? I don't know, but that's the way the system is set up here.
If a person can do the job well, I would be stunned if they would completely fall through the cracks. They may not get a bunch of assignments the first year, but it won't take long for them to start coming.
The one thing in the article I do agree with is the lack of mentoring or evaluating of officials. Up here, it's non existent.