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Originally posted by BBall_Junkie
What does the color of ones skin or the plumbing in ones body have to do with whether or not someone has the ability to officiate a game?
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Nothing. And no one said it did. Not sure what you're complaining about here.
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S/He probably has developed it because the amount of females and minorities calling ball or disproportiate. Also, let me say that I am not opposed to this practice either. I believe that all things being equal, females and minoriities should be considered for positions over white males if the data shows that these populations are under-represented in the organization.
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So then what are you complaining about? That's all Homey and Rut said should happen. For years and years, women's basketball had been dominated by male officials (and to a lesser extent coaches). This is bad for two reasons.
1) Women were disproportionately represented in the officiating ranks, just as you mentioned.
2) The participants in the games were women, yet women were the underrepresented group, as Homey pointed out.
Now assignors for women's conferences are trying bring more female officials into their ranks to eliminate those disparities.
Why ream Rut for nothing? There's plenty of other stuff he says that's wrong. It sounds to me like you agree on this one.