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Originally posted by Peter Devana
I wonder how many people who monitor this board are in a position to influence some of our members progression as referees? If there are and I expect so then JR better hope that they are not in his chain of command- but I suspect some are. I know of several very influential people who monitor this forum but rarely post but when they do they are very succint and to the point.
Just a thought
Pistol
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I do not have a chain of command. I am not in one of those states where you live and die by one group, or one individual. So who cares. Because the reality, I work for many assignors that make big differences between girls and boys. As a matter of fact, there are many assignors that I work for that think that officials that do girls, should not do boys. And those assignors that have asked me to do girls, ask me as if all I will say is no. And you will literally have some assignors that will classify certain guys as "girls officials" and will not hire them for their boys varsity conferences.
See, we here are completely independent. I personally next year will be working in about 20 conferences across the state. And I work for about 6 different assignors that assign about 8 conferences between them. Two of them assign the girls and would not even dare ask me, not because I would turn them down, because they do not want there officials doing many girls games. One assignor is the only one that asked me to do any, but they are very early in the season when the girl's seasons starts, which is before the boy's season. And he did give me a game that was early in the afternoon, but I had a boy's varsity game that evening. So he gave me girls games total. Neither able to affect my boy's schedule.
What an assignor sees here would be the same attitude that they have about their own conferences and tell the officials that want to work for them. And when I tell other assignors who I work for, they usually ask, "would you be willing to do girls?" So in the end who cares.
I work where I want, work for who I want and work when I want. Actually, I took on games that I did not have to do because I was asked. As a matter of fact, I am asked a lot. And I turn down many games because of the circumstances.
See, if you are afraid to say something in the dark, you should not be afraid to say it in the light. Because it will eventually come to light. I am not afraid of either. What I say here, I will say in a crowded association meeting. And considering where I live, I might have many that would say it before me.
Peace
[Edited by JRutledge on Feb 3rd, 2002 at 01:54 PM]