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Originally Posted by JRutledge
I hate to break it to you, but that is true in many places. It is definitely true in my state and true in many organizations that I belong to. And many of the female officials that work basketball get opportunities on the girl's side that a male would never get on boy's side. And if that is misogynistic, then what happens if the reference is true? I have already given many examples of this.
Peace
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I'll second that opportunity bias for our association. It's simply a matter of numbers and I don't necessarily disagree. It looks "good" to have a female officiating varsity female games...the assignors recognize that and they get the fast track. I'm mostly fine with that. I get about an equal number of boys' and girls' game, a mix of JV and varsity. I enjoy the boys' game for sure, it's simply better flowing basketball: less out-of-bounds, tie-ups, violations, etc. However, I will not request boys' only (as some of the "big guns" in our assoc. have) since I enjoy the girls' game and know that they deserve the best effort from each official for each game (which I'm prepared to give). I'll just take what I'm assigned.