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Originally Posted by ChuckElias
My question is: why are JV officials rating Varsity officials? I don't think I'd be real comfortable with a 2nd year official rating me.
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How many years of experience would an official need before you would be comfortable? There are some great basketball scouts who never could play a lick. Similarly, you don't have to be a great official to recognize officiating talent. In our group, officials are allowed to take part in the ratings system in their third year. It has never been a problem. What would be a problem is to label those officials as "JV officials" and only let them be rated by the "varsity officials." That would smack of a "good old boy" system and would tend to limit advancement and protect the status quo.
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