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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
jrut
I do think I thought it through, and I think that Blackhawk's state has thought it through and come to the conclusion that I recommended. I can see granting an exception for an official who can demonstrate that he or she has a daughter playing ball (or a son for that matter) where there would be a direct conflict between their kid's games and the games they would be assigned. The rule is simple - you want to do boys, you get some girls games as well. Assigners give varsity assignments versus varsity boys and varsity girls. I would be interested in knowing how many officials in Blackhawks area quit when forced to do girls games. my bet is it wasn't many.
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This would all be fine and dandy if assignments were given out like you suggest. But in my area we have Boy's assignors and then Girl's assignors. And in that rare case that an assignor has both, he does not request you to do one or the other. And not much different than what goes on in Chuck's area, the younger less experienced officials get opportunities at the Girl's side much quicker then the Boy's side. It is way easier to get hired to do Girl's varsity game than it is to get hired to do a Boy's varsity. It is just the way it is. And if assignors resorted to that tactic, they might not get as many quality officials trying to work for them. They might also get run out of those conferences for putting officials on both sides of the ball. Just because at the College level the mechanics are different and the rules are different, do not think that the expectations are the same because it is HS ball.
Peace