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RichMSN

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]Oregon, right?[/COLOR]

Maybe the state SHOULD consider your officials employees and the association employers if you're going to restrain the trade of officials.

Yes, Oregon.

We serve the schools. There are a lot of state laws concerning who is allowed to work in settings with students...including the background checks. Much of what we have just codifies how we're going to handle a situation where a person runs afoul of state/federal laws in between the legally required background checks. Basically, If they couldn't get any job for the school system, we can't send them to work a game in the school system.

Plus, we're not restraining a person's trade. They're more than welcome to take games through other sources....there are several...just not servicing the schools. All organizations have the right to set the rules of membership as long as they're not discriminatory based on the standard elements...and a being a felon is not a protected class.

We've had a few cases that have arisen over the years. We're not talking about freely restricting just anyone. The ones I know about involve drug dealing and statutory rape.