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Originally Posted by rainmaker
This is one of my pet peeves. Don't even get me started.
Our association is working on our selection process right now, and it's just plain tough. No matter how you set it up, someone gets screwed. At least it seems that way.
It's especially hard to be objective. I want to go to the post season. I want to see to it that I go. It seems that everyone else does, too.
In theory, I think the best people with recent experience at that level and gender should be the ones that do the post season. That seems the fairest to the players.
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This is where the discussion gets interesting. Where do we draw the line?
You mention that "the best people with recent experience at that level and gender should be the ones that do the post season. That seems the fairest to the players." Ok, but what if the "best people" happen to be a crew of varsity boys officials? Wouldn't you think the fairest to the players would be to have the "best officials" on that game, not just the "best girls officials"?
I know the issues of college officials vs. HS officials is muddied a little due to some rules and mechanics differences. But would it be fair to say that the higher an official moves up the ladder, the "better" they are? Are HS varsity officials considered better as a group than primarily grade school officials? Are college officials considered better as a group than HS officials? Are D-1 officials considered better as a group than juco officials? Obvious generalities, but is it still fair to say? If so, should those "better" officials be excluded from HS post-season because they worked a lesser number of games than others? Or, are the HS officials better suited to work HS post-season because they have a better feel just for the HS game? What's fair to the kids? If Ed Hightower or Jim Burr showed up to work a HS game, would you think, "Oh, cool, we've got good refs tonight!"? Or would you say, "Oh, crap, it's going to be a disaster because they don't know HS basketball."?
Let me be the first to say I don't have an answer. And I've been on both sides of these issues, so I'm pretty much confused as to what's best. I was curious as to what others feel about this.