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Originally Posted by budjones05
Here in Missouri, you have to prove yourself to work a varsity games. If I have to do that in Portland, then I have no choice. I just need to get my foot in the door. I'm sure that the higher people don't really care about what I did in Missouri until I can prove them. And I hope I can do some V games within 2 years of living up in Oregon
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That's the best attitude to take. You can only take care of your business. You can't fret over what you cannot control.
I don't know of any association that refuses to put good officials on the court. A place will be found for them. I do know of plenty that make people wait a year or so before getting the premium assignments or postseason in the new area to appease the longtime locals. I am also aware that many local groups tend to keep the tenured guys around far longer than they should. That's a quite common, but unfortunate, necessity at the high school level as officials are in limited supply and without a bunch of people knocking down the door to work HS games in a particular area retaining a core group of people who may be past their prime but are sure to be in the area from year to year and can do a satisfactory, if not great, job is a reasonable strategy. It logically follows that these folks will receive better assignments than they would otherwise deserve in a true merit system in order to keep them happy and enabling the assignor to rely upon their service.
Not saying that I like it, but I understand that that is just the way it is.