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Originally Posted by bainsey
I can't honestly see what's wrong with that.
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Affirmative action, value in diversity, glass ceilings, reparations. I'm not saying that I fully agree, or understand, any, or all, of these, but some people do see some value in these.
Do the officials have to look like the players? I can't answer that question, but I'm willing to listen to both sides of the issue.
For example. What if there were a little corner in some little state where 50% of the players were female, but only 10% of the officials were female. What if the assigner wanted to recruit more women as officials, and decides that the way to do it was to have a lot of females officiate the girls games, thus providing female role models for the female players, in essence, showing the girls that they can continue to be active in basketball after their playing days are over.
Now switch it around to African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Muslins, transgenders, gays, etc.
Discrimination? Illegal? Wrong?
Is the most important thing in officiating to get the best official in the best games, assigning blindly in regard to color, gender, etc.? Is it important to get a diverse group of people participating in the best game in the world, and to have a diverse group of competent officials?
For me, lots of uncomfortable questions, and not a lot of comfortable answers, especially good answers.