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sleeper,
I understand where youre coming from but what are youth mechanics?
In my association we use the same mechanics for youth as we do for high school
3 man
4 man
5 man
6 man
The associations I belong to you don't get on a high school field till you had at least 3 years on the grass with youth leagues.
Our youth league covers 6 leagues from 55lbs to 145lbs, we also cover CYO grade school football jv(5th & 6th Grade) V (7th & 8th Grade) so I guess we do have a high surplus of officials.
I belong to 4 associations Youth League(ARCO), Phila public league, Central board(catholic league) and PIAA none of these associations assign youth league except for ARCO and all but the PIAA want you to have 3 years on the grass before you join their association.Public league you have to have 3 years at youth level to get started on JV games, Central Board you need 3 years of youth and 4 years at the Freshman, JV level before you get a Varisty Catholic League Game. PIAA you join a chapter(mosty of people you know from your youth league and other associations) and hope to get 1 Varsity game your first year(PIAA will start tyou out with grade school and middle school games if you never officiated before). After that you may luck out and get on a crew. This coming year Phila Public League is joining the PIAA(state ran league).
I guess I didn't know that some areas don't have many officials and need to fill games with new 1st year officials. In the philadelphia area we have plenty of officials,I think the most games I worked in 1 year was 80.
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