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					Originally Posted by  Rich
					 
				 
				Your system is just different.  It's not necessarily better. 
 
And I do our sport schedules, not the schools, so the schedules are always 2 years in advance.  It's what's expected here. 
 
I'd be happy to schedule officials later.  But when all the other assigners schedule in advance I lose the ability to hire the better officials. 
 
BTW, I have a game scheduled for February 2018.  I probably won't get to 17-18 till next summer. 
			
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 And that is the reason...a race to get them covered before others. It is really entirely unnecessary, but the way it is.