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Originally Posted by REFVA
I have had the best season of my short seven season career. This is my third year doing Varsity games. Post season games start on Monday 2/12. we have a voting among the association. I'm not sure why becuase we don't follow the results. I was voted in many catagories with 8 and 9's with 10 being the best and my assignor only chooses to assign me one post season game. I even recieved great votes from the coaches. I am dissapointed tremedously. I never turned down any assignments not matter where or what they were. I was jerked around from location to location last minute many times. I was always praising and giving confidence to all my partner for trying their hardest and giving all they had. I went to 3 camps this year to learn as much as I could. I felt more confidence in myself. All he had to say was you earned it, but you didn't prove yourself. Yet he was never out there evaluating me, not once in seven years. I am ready to shelf this association. This association is true good ole boy network. One of my partner two weeks ago never did a game till this year and he had a Varsity level boys game he was one of my partners. I had to wait my way and work hard for my opportunity. This is a downer. I am ready to hang my sneakers... Do all association work the same way??
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I did not have a lot of time to address your thread directly, I will do that know. The bottom line is if you lived where I am, you likely would not see a post season game for another few years. In my state the people that give out those games are not part of a local association, but are apart of the state office. These individuals have to sift through a few thousand officials across the state in order to decide who may or may not get a realistic shot. You would be very lucky if you got a State Final in your 17 year (at least on the boy's side). There are so many officials where I live and a rating system that is based on years of data, it is very hard to stand out in a positive way. I do know of places that you could work a state final off the bat and there are officials here that in a 10 year period have worked more than one state final. That would not be at all the case here, because you would have to get in line with officials that were there before you were. Talent is not going to get you automatically past other officials. There are a couple of D1 officials that have not worked a state final because they have not worked enough post season games compared to other officials.
Once again, be happy or blessed that someone even decided you should work any post season. I know in each class they only need just under 200 or so officials to work the entire playoffs (state wide). And this is in a state where everyone makes the playoffs. So there are a lot of games, but not many officials as compared to who might be available.
Peace