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I can also agree. Officiating in my little corner of the world in VA is not what it should be. To be frank on most nights I get embarrassed by what some of my collegues do. We too are short on officials, and this sometimes puts younger, less experienced guys on the floor. Many of our older officials do not have a good understanding of the game. IMO here is the problem: Officials in my area receive I nice PAYDAY. It's easy money. 3 man crews. Most work 3-5 games a week. The money is attractive, even if you have no clue. The open book test are a joke also.
Last week I was the L on the baseline, quick steal. My partner wasn't ready for the change of possesion(boys game, very fast). He quickly spinted behind the two players. Team A who had just stolen the ball was being chased by Team B. Player A was in the act of taking his 1-2 for the lay-up, when he went to the floor hard and the ball rolled out of bounds. Player B stepped on the back of his shoe and they both hit the ground. My partner has::::NOTHING. Team B's ball. I wanted to just crawl under the bleachers. This call was made with 2 min left in the 1st period. As you can imagine the fans and coaches were on us all night. It makes everyone look really bad. We have some great officials in our association as well. However, you put two bad ones with a great one and you have 3 bad ones. LOL
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