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Originally Posted by jwwashburn
You mean a replacement?
I would know that before I got to the field because I always comminicated with my partner the day before or the day of(Parking, where we dress, what time will you be there, plate first if doing a DH, etc) I never had a situation where I did not know the name of my partner before I got to the school.
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Not all replacements are made a day before a game. Some replacements are made hours before a game (at least in my experience) Some replacements are coming from places that will not make them available for you to talk to if you have no idea who they are. I was often moved the day of and at the time I spoke to the assignor they did not have someone to work the game as a partner even if I asked who they were.
Now that is the case in the Midwest where it might rain one place and not in another or it is cold and HS fields are not always in similar shape. I am not talking about the vast majority of games or assignments, I am talking about those that happened sometimes several times during the year. Now if your area has no weather problems and has no one that has to do a real job or has never had a family issue to work an afternoon game, then I guess I would agree with you. And it sounds to me like an unrealistic policy to put that on the officials when in a sport things can change by minutes. It seems like the schools should know who is licensed or the assignors before that is even the case.
Peace