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Originally Posted by Andy
Curious...how did you "sell" this to the middle schools and high schools for sub -varsity and get them to agree to pay for a third official?
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Originally Posted by RookieDude
...took a pay cut....so that we could "sell" 3-Whistle.
At first some of us were hesitant...but, man o man...has this been a godsend.
We do ALL High School games 3-Whistle...and some M.S. games for training.
I can't imagine doing 2 person all year and then expect to be proficient in 3 person when the "big game" or "playoffs" come around.
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We're almost the exact same. For us, varsity was mandated at the state level, so nothing we had to do, as far as sub varsity/middle school, we're lucky enough to have two AD's in our region that somewhat progressive in that they realize the importance of that 3rd official, and basically made a statement in support of it. Initially we also took a pay cut, but after a year or two, the president of our association set up a meeting to discuss how much 3 have helped, and the AD's agreed to buck up for the 3rd.