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[i]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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Personally, I think you can have all kinds of conflicts. And it is always going to be hard in certain areas to avoid. I have officiated my alma mater a few times. But I have been so far removed from the school, I do not at all care if they win or not. The only problem is that everyone knows me. But you want to know something, everyone knows me at schools I did not attend HS or live. So what is really the difference? And I used to live in the sticks where I would see many of the same coaches and players, over and over again. But if you do work at a place or have children at the school, that would be difficult. But I feel that if it is not a varsity contest, or a game that matters in post-season capacity at a lower level, it should not matter that much who officiates those games. It is very hard to find officials for many lower level games. You assign those games with getting them covered, not where people are from in my opinion.
Peace