[Gimlet25id]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

In your post #46, you stated that comments by a coach can be unsportsmanlike but cannot be flagrant unless it causes a player to instigate a fight. Therefore if the coach stands in the coaching box and says to his bench personnel in a voice load enough for you that one of your partners is: "a f**king a**hole and I wish one of my players would punch his lights out." .

Good point!!! Let me rephrase..its either unsportsmanlike..Bench "T" or I can see where this comment, if your 100% sure that its directed @ your partner loud enough for everyone to hear, would be abusive & VULGAR ....Flagrant T ejection.

1) In 1974 I was the first male to officiate women's college basketball (both Div. I and JUCO) in the state of Florida and one of the first in the US southeast..

You've been around officiating for a long while and that within in itself deserves our respect. However I also understand that the game has changed quite a bit, both on the Women's & Men's side.

But today if given the choice between officiate a women's Div. I game and officiating a men's Div. III jr. varsity game, I will take the men's game everytime (but the game fee of the women's game would make me think once about taking it, LOL). .

I like your reference to the money. I worked both Women's & Men's until I was lucky enough to make it into the DI Women's ranks. I by far have a lot to learn and hope that I never stop looking for ways to improve, but I personally would work a Women's DI game over any DIII Men's game.

I worked a really good DII Women's game the other night where we didn't have to call a foul until 6:30 to go in the first half, # 15 in the country playing a team that was undefeated in conference play. GREAT GAME!!!!The play on the women's side is a lot better now then it has ever been. The play on the Men's side is good but so is the play on the Women's side. Heck, we all have those games where the play is terrible but in no way shape or form is todays Women's play bad everywhere.

I believe that the people running the women's side of college basketball do not have a clue about anything especially rules and officiating, and it is reflected in some of the young officials (both male and female).

We have gotten a lot better in this area over the last several years with Mary Strukoff taking over and the advent of EOfficials.com. The NCAA W are really starting to use technology to improve officials on rules and play calling. There is a tremendous amount of attention focused on officials for the officials to improve in the two a aforementioned area's along with administration , communication, and physical fitness.

We are now able to download films on-line from several conferences. Some conferences are required to have a copy of the game ready for post game break down within so minutes after the game is over. I'm sure this is the same on the Men's side. To say that they don't have a clue just isn't correct.

Its definitely two different games. There are just as many QUALITY officials on the Women's side as there are on the Men's side. They are proficient in their game respectively.