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Probably the biggest factor for loosing officials is that some are not really there of their own free will.
To have enough warm bodies around our association has a requirement that each team needs to provide 2 people willing to officiate + 1 more person per additional team (men's, youth A and B, flag, ladies). So the teams dredge up people to send to the training.
Some are actually interested, some do it for their team (players or ex-players ususally), some want to make a little money. Many are quite young and stop playing after a few years, or go off to University, or finally get a girlfriend... And loose an interest altogether in the sport (which is loosing popularity here in Germany).
The system is not as bad as I make it sound though. There are a few new people each year that find it an avocation and stay on.
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