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Originally Posted by mbyron
Actually, you could make a Title IX case here...
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I don't think you can. The independent contractor relationship allows each and every official to take or reject any specific assignment....for whatever reason. To say this is a title IX issue would essentially require that specific officials apply for jobs they do not want or to accept jobs they didn't do not want and/or didn't apply for. Those types of things can't be required of independent contractors. If we were employees, it might be different.
The assignors are just agents who are matching officials with the games....and within the constraints of independent contractor laws. While they can exert influence on officials to work game A in order to get game B, the two are really seperate.....but the assignor might not call them the next time.