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Originally Posted by SMEngmann
This system is absurd, especially for developing refs. It discourages young officials from taking the time on their own to go to camps, work hard in the offseason and do the things that they need to do to improve their game because outside of college, there really is nowhere to go. We are living in America, where we are supposed to award ability, hard work and achievement. Your system penalizes officials for possessing those qualities and ultimately hurts your association as it denies you top officials and discourages offseason improvement.
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I'm not going to comment on the good, or bad points, or our local system, mainly because I'm not familiar with how other local boards, or associations, work their systems. But I will reply to the quote above, because my post was simply in regard to the minimum number of years required to get to a certain level of games, and I didn't give Forum members the whole story.
Within each level (junior varsity, "split", full varsity) there are rankings that determine the number of games that you will be assigned. A junior varsity official may receive anywhere from 6 to 27 games a season depending on their ranking. A "split" official may receive anywhere from 14 to 22 junior varsity games, and from 4 to 12 varsity games a season depending on their ranking. A full varsity official may receive anywhere from 8 to 43 varsity games a season depending on their ranking.
Rankings are determined mainly by peer ratings. Rankings also depend, in a smaller part, on refresher exam scores, attendance at meetings, and availability to officiate.
Officials on our local board take time on their own to go to camps, work hard in the offseason, and do the things that they need to do to improve their game, because they want their peer ratings to improve, to improve their assigned schedule, and also, want to move up to the next level. Officials who do not work hard to improve their game, will see their peer ratings drop, and not only will their assigned games decrease, they may also fall far enough in the rankings to drop from full varsity to "split", or from "split" to junior varsity only. Our former assigner used to say that a varsity official on our local board is not like a Supreme Court Justice or the Pope. Varsity officials are not varsity officials for life. They must prove their worth every season, or low peer ratings will lead to low rankings, which may lead to a lower level assigned schedule.