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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
So, are you saying that there should be a pool/association of officials that just does grade school games? And there's a different pool/association of officials that work HS varsity boys? And then a different association that works only HS girls? And the members of each association shouldn't work games that the other associations work?
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How did grade school come into this conversation?
In our state you cannot work both Boy's and Girl's playoffs. You definitely cannot work Men's and Women's basketball at the same time.
In many cases you cannot get assigned both boy's and girl's basketball without getting a lot of grief for it (might hurt in assignment with boy's games for sure).
I know I do not speak for myself on this issue. I do not work both by choice and by the accepted practices of assignors and fellow officials. I know an assignor that told and official he would not be hired in his conference because he was a "girl's official." So yes, there is a pool of officials that only make themselves available for one side or the other. And let us not talk about college officiating and how that is even more split.
Peace