I hope everyone noticed that I did not reply to Rut, because I believe that his opinion was requested on this issue. However, crew, your question about "who wants to ref a girls game" has quite a simple answer. Many, many officials. There are also many, many officials who do not wish to do so. So be it.
I am fortunate in my experiences with girls basketball, I guess primarily because it is strong in this area and I work with AAU. All of my AAU players start for their school teams. Most AAU teams are like an area all-star team, and the caliber of play at the AAU A level even in MS is quite good. One 13U girls team played in the 8th grade boys travelling league and posted a winning record (my boys beat them
but it took our best game of the season). The top team in our region won 13U nationals, and it wasn't the team that played in the boys league (they made nationals but did not place in the top 16). Most of these girls will be D1 women's players and all of them can play ball. They can't dunk, but they can handle a ball, shoot, run the break, etc.