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Originally Posted by mbyron
You're welcome. 
No, it means the absence of force and fraud.
TSSAA is using it's "force" IE it's power to sanction and forfeit.
Given what Rich posted, I agree that the situation sounds far from ideal. It's too bad you can't have elections in the association to get better leadership, Nope, No we can not. We used to have elected leadership. They were advocating for the interest of the officials. Last Feb the TSSAA assistant director responsible for Basketball came to our local meeting informed us that our elected board was being disbanded and that only the TSSAA appointed supervisors would control the association. The old board transfered the bank accounts including the ~$55,000 scholarship fund to the control of the appointed supervisors go on strike, or otherwise act in concert with fellow officials to better the situation.
Oh wait: you can!
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The attempt to "act in concert" with other officials was attempted in the recent past by a neighboring association. That was the one where TSSAA told them they would not be sanctioned and told the schools using them would result in forfeited games.
The only option would be a strike action. Referees I have come in contact with in general are very "independent" in nature. I foresee no group strike action out of group of people who would allow their elected representation to be disbanded and their money taken. We now have "taxation without representation" paying $85 per year membership fee, $1 per assignment and $175 mandatory TSSAA "camp" every 3 years.