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Originally Posted by rainmaker
I disagree completely. Tournaments are competitions for the players, and should not be for the refs. Anyone who is good enough should be able to have a turn. There's no rationale for sending the "best" officials to tournaments as often as they're eligible over 20 years, when other officials who work just as hard never get to go. If there are 50 who are good enough then over the course of several years all 50 of them should get to go. I find it incredibly offensive that certain people can have the gall to get up in front of the association and claim that if certain people go to the torunament, our reputation will suffer. That person will never get my vote again.
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I agree that the "good ole boy" system is not a good one to select officials, I disagree that it isn't a competition. I think the best officials should be the ones doing the state tournament. I realize the good ole boy thing has something to do with it and like I said I don't like it. We have a little of it here in Wyoming. My thought though is this, if they truly take the best and you aren't there, you need to work harder to be in that group. I for one will keep working harder, I am not in the group yet, close but not quite. I got to work a couple state tournament games this year, but not the full slate. I need to work harder and get there.
The kids deserve the very best officials, not someone who's turn it is IMHO