[Raymond]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Yes there should be separation if possible. There should be no separation as officials are starting out and learning the game. When you make that move to the varsity level, there should be a pool of officials that work the girl’s and a different pool that work the boy’s. The reality in this state about the separation there is pretty much already the case over most of the state. I work in many conferences outside of the Chicago area and I know officials that live in the bigger cities outside of Chicago and it is not common that you will work those big schools working both girl’s and boy’s basketball in those same conferences.



I do not feel officials can effectively work both. The standards are different, the expectations are different and the games are different. I worked a big AAU tournament and the things that were expected to be called would never fly on the boy’s side. Girls would barely touch each other and coaches were screaming for fouls. When I would explain things like “there was no advantage” or “the defender was just standing there and the shooter caused all the contact,” I got looks as if I turned a different race. My game clearly did not fit in to this situation. My partner called any little contact no matter how hard or if the contact actually knocked anyone down. Also this tournament was associated with a D1 Women’s camp. I was only working games that were two person and I am being compensated for my time while most of the officials paid to get seen, I could not recognize the same officials and the way they called the game. I attended a high level D1 camp on the Men’s side and it looked like another world.



The better officials should work wherever they want to work. If an official prefers the Girl's side, more power to them. I just do not see many that can affectively go back and forth and call the game the way it is expected to. I think you are better off to concentrate on one or the other. I do not know why when these conversations come up; it always has to be about where the better officials should go. The one thing

Peace

Definitely a regionalized opinion and system. Not the same here in VA.