[Doug]

Bart, you are absolutly correct!! I know for a fact in wiscosin that they don't want men doing women's games anymore. I have a friend who has worked d1 for over 20 years, he is a phenominal official, BUT he is a man. He usually did about 90 women's games a year, but this year was drastically cut to 45, and is down to around 15 the next year. they are slowly trying to eliminate him, dispite the fact he is a great official. It is sad, he will have no where to go because getting into men's ball is so difficult, it seems the men stick w/ it until death, like supreme court judges.

I also think this has a part in officials, most of the men in wisconsin that wk big games are very expierenced because they "are in it for life". But, i also believe there are a LOT of awsome female officials who are stepping up and conquering the world of basketball!! This is my 2 cents worth