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Originally Posted by jdw3018
The very best thing about moving to South Carolina this year is that, at least in my area, we use 3-man for everything - middle school on up.
The strategy is great - they want to get officials ready for varsity as quickly as possible, and working 3-man makes for consistent and quality officiating without worry about switching back and forth when doing lower-level games.
There is also some thought that full-schedule varsity level officials are much more likely to take a JV game now and then (actually quite often from what I've seen around here) when they can work 3-man...
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Has the rate gone down for these games? That is a great practice, I'm just surprised that the lower levels were willing to absorb the cost...