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Originally posted by daves
Where do you draw the line with the conflict of interest policy? In a rural area such as ours your wouldn't have to dig too far to find a conflict for any official that we have. Examples would be: 1. Friend coaching a team. 2. You have children(players or not) that go to that school. 3. You are an alumnus of a school that you serve. 4. Everyone here in 'The Sticks' are related anyway. Right? [/B]
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daves,in your case you don't have much choice.The only problem I have with any of the things you listed above is "children who are players".The biggest problem an official can have in this case is to call his kids stricter than the other players,so he won't be looked on as a "homer"..This is not fair to his kids,or his kids' team.Try to keep away from this one,if at all possible.
Btw,you'll never hear me say anything derogatory about "the sticks".We do a rural league in both football and basketball,with round-trips up to 90 miles.I've been going out there for a long time,and I love it.I don't know whether it's the different culture or not,but the people out there are always great to work with,and for.We never have any major problems out there.