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Originally posted by Doug
Alright, I will let it loose! My nickname is Doug, I am a female women's collegiate official. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I respect that. But, this is one opinion i will never agree with. Do you (men) pick your parnters by race? Please understand, i am NOT trying to be racial! There is a minority of female officials. I think that would be the equivelent of females picking females. My parnter is a male, he is 28 years old, and is very good looking (the players tell me so...), BUT nothing will ever happen there because i'm too smart for that. Officiating is the most important thing in my life right now, and i can't risk losing my partner over as someone said "hanky panky". this is my two cents worth, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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People pick officicals for all kinds of reasons. I know when I started I looked for officials that looked like me to see if my experiences were similar to others. I found that many African-American Officials shared similar experiences. Not so much because whites were treating us differently, but having to deal with Black coaches or predominately Black schools can be a challenge for many African-American Officials. But that is another discussion for another day.
It is nice to ask questions of an individual that has walked a similar path. When you have the opportunity to have someone of the same gender or same race that knowledge can be priceless (I am stealing that from LarryS BTW). But then again, I feel you should have mentors of all kind of officials from all different levels. I personally have individuals of all kinds of levels that I look up to and ask for advice. You should not limit yourself with the vast knowledge that is out there. You just might talk different things with different officials.
Peace