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Originally Posted by MadCityRef
"Gannaway believes the critical officiating issues the IHSA is trying to address ... deal with the fact that officials are getting older and that qualified, young officials aren't filling the void."
So Dave thinks 1) there are not enough new, young officials coming in, or 2) the current young officials aren't good enough to take the place of older officials.
It's not about filling the void, but not having the opportunities to move up and take the games the "good ol' boys" guarantee the oldsters. I shouldn't have to wait until someone dies to move up. (Which is the case for Utah post-season, btw.)
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Here is the problem, this is not Utah. And there are young officials that get opportunities all the time. The problem is there are not enough of them. The average new official is not in their 20s anymore. The trend that is being seen by the stats and associations is the fact that many people that are getting into officiating for the first time are in their 40s after their kids stopped are starting to go to college or stopped playing HS sports. It has nothing to do with "good ol' boys." I have been at this for about 13 years now and I am in my mid-30s. I run a New Official's Class and I am the youngest person in the room teaching people that are mostly older than I am. Nothing wrong with that, but someone in their 40s is not likely going to be around for 20 and 30 years.
Peace