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For HS games, it should be pretty easy (in most areas) to schedule official around schools to which they have any connection, current or past.
While 99.9% of the time the official will work an unbiased and fair game, there will occassionally be an official that subconciously favors a team. It could be the team that he is/was connected with or it could be the other team as a result of trying to be fair but going to far.
The other issue is that someone will know about the connection and will suspect favoritism no matter how fair it is called. I suppose after enough time, there might not be anyone left who would know.
In the end, it's just easier to schedule around these game than it would be for the 1 time that it becomes an issue and the who association looses some credibility.
[Edited by Camron Rust on Nov 6th, 2002 at 03:44 PM]
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