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Originally Posted by Chess Ref
No doubt. I realize that there are numerous things that go into being a good official. I realize that there are good officials who look like the before ad. I also realize there are pretty boys who are not so good officials.
Maybe I missed the boat on this one. Maybe our area is the one that sends the best officials to the girls side and make the boys play with the pretty boys. In our area none of the before ad officials are doing college, but the pretty boys seem to be.. I'm just thinking in our area the girls are really lucky then. The girls seem to be getting all the before ad officials, until the playoffs, and the assignor is sending the crappy pretty boys to the boys games.
Seriously, putting the whole weight thing aside. Boys get better refs than the girls. I see it in action. For whatever reason thats the way it is. And i don't like it nor do I think it's right.
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Here's a politically incorrect take on it:
It takes a better official to work HS boys varsity than it does girls.....in every state I've lived. The ball is faster, the players are more athletic, and you have to employ advantage/disadvantage with a far keener eye in boys games. When I work girls games, I get many more coaches who want every bit of contact called as a foul and typically coach behavior is unpredictable and more likely to result in me having to take care of business than when I work boys games.
If someone more politically correct wishes to put a better spin on it, go right ahead. But officials shouldn't feel forced to work girls ball just cause they want and like working boys ball.