[rpirtle]

We are beginning to use 3-man for our larger HS Varsity games here in the Ft. Worth, TX, area. For instance, we now use 3-man for our 4A and 5A divisions (boys & girls), the two largest divisions. Right now it is still in the experimental stages. We are still trying to get some of the more reluctant coaches "on board". A few coaches were skeptical that the benefits of an extra official would not out-weigh the added expense. To convince these skeptics, we agreed to work the games using 3 officials for the same game fee as the school paid for two officials (in other words, we took a pay cut). If the coaches are not convinced after two seasons that the benefits out-weigh the extra cost, we will return to 2-man mechanics. But we still use 2-man mechanics in far more games than 3-man.