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In Texas we are trying to get all games to be three man. We are kind of in the Middle. In Colorado, we had three man only in Colorado Springs. Back to Texas. When the assitant director of TASO came to our camp in may he said that the number one reason that we don't have three person officiating is because the officials are not that good doing three person. The key is to have camps where officials actually go out there and use the mechanic to call games. Get comfortible with it so that everyone can call the game. We are talking about doing a certification system here where at the end of camp, you will get a certification that you can call three person games. I don't know how that will fly but it is a way of telling coaches that these officials can call the game and are good at it.
What has to happen in New York is there has to be a point man. Someone like the president of your local chapter or association who takes the ball and talks to people at every level, coaches, state directors, state associations and really gets people thinking about what they can do to convince the rest that you need to be doing three man. I do disagree that every one else is using three man. I only know a few states that all games are three man. Most states I know are either all two man or part two or part three man. So using the everyone else is doing it argument doesn't work. You can say that more and more states are using it and we are falling behind the rest in not using it ourselves.
The advantages of three man. Better coverage. Longer careers for officials. More room for advancment of younger officials. Disadvantage. better chance for a bad official. More training has to be done. Good luck and let us know how it goes.
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