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Originally posted by stripes
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Age may work against you, but being female should not. Women have lots of opportunities that males do not. Simply put, there are not enough high quality female officials. Every quality female official I know has had opportunities to advance much faster than quality male officials. This isn't good or bad, but it is the way things happen now.
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Doesn't the opportunity have more to do with Women's Basketball. I was at a place where a D1 assignor was giving a speech and told the only women official in the room, "You might be a good official, but I would never hire you." And he called her out without her even showing any interest in doing his conference.
I see that opportunity for Women in Women's basketball, not necessarily Men's Basketball. We have had some first this year with Women breaking into the Men's Tournament, but they still have a long way to go at this point in that area.
Peace