[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Before you guys jump all over me just hear what I have to say.

I see nothing wrong with officials who have finished their first year of officiating attending an officiating camp. The key is that the new official attend a teaching camp as opposed to a tryout camp, i.e., the billions and billions of camps now run by college conference assigners.

There are many local teaching camps available, it is just that the new official has to do some research to find them. Now here comes the IAABO promo guys. IAABO conducts four or five officiating camps every year. With the exception of one camp, the emphasis is on two man mechanics, which is what 100% of all new officials use the first couple of years, at least of their career. For the IAABO camps, one can to to the IAABO web site (http://www.iaabo.org) to get information of their camps.