[JRutledge]

brettm,

All I have to say is that is is AAU, whatelse do you expect?

AAU is a very mixed bag. The officials that do the games range from Pro Officials to very new officials. You get all kinds of experience levels and competence levels. It is nothing new. The guy that actually assigned the games might not be an official, and if he or she is, they might put people who are availible. Frankly, there is not much you can do about it really. You might try, but I can assure you that the assignors or tournament or league management can only hire officials that are willing to attend. I know several officials that do not do alot of these game, mainly because they are umpires or they want to do other things. You cannot always get the best. And officials like myself that do other sports and have other interests with my experience, just pass on AAU games all together.

You could pay the officials more for doing games. You could stress to coaches and fans to treat them with some respect. If you did that alone you might get more quality guys. But to be honest, AAU is held during the spring an summer. Most people would rather be outside with their families. It is just the way it is.

Peace


[Edited by JRutledge on Jul 25th, 2002 at 07:25 PM]