[Adam]

I moved from Iowa (Des Moines) to Colorado, and have been treated more than fairly, I think. In Des Moines, the varsity games usually involved permanent partners, even though they were assigned by a the association's assigner. JV was "random" partners.

In Iowa, the conferences and schools decided how to choose officials. Some of the larger school conferences used assigners; where as the more rural schools tend to hire their own offiicals. In Colorado, every school is assigned to a region whose assiciation does all the assigning. I like it better this way; it seems easier to break in for a variety of reasons.

Here, it's all random partners. My first year here last year I had 3 varsity assignments in the smaller schools (driving up to two hours one way) with some more experienced officials to guage my ability and level. I thought it was very fair, to be honest.