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Originally Posted by SD Referee
I find it interesting that a lot of you guys talk about associations on a regular basis. We do not have associations. We are all licensed by the state and monitored by the state high school association. We are split up into regions with a region coordinator in charge of each region.
Our postseason is split up into districts, regions, then the state tourney. The participating schools of each district have a meeting to select the officials they want from the area. Once that is done, one AD from one of the schools is put in charge of the district. That person decides who works which games. The winners of two separate districts will meet in the region championship. The officials assigned to that game is a mixture of officials from the two districts that make up the region.
The region winners go on to the state tourney. The officials for the state tourney are selected by a committee put together by the state high school association. 12 officials per 8 team state tourney. Our region coordinators put together a list of officials that they recommend for the state tourney. The committee at the state level uses this information in their selection process. You cannot work a boys and a girls tourney in the same year.
Up until recently, you saw a lot of the same old guys at the state tourneys. Most guys could just put it on their calendar regardless of whether they could really do the job at a high level anymore. Regardless of whether some newer younger officials were maybe "better". Now recently we are seeing a shift from the old guard to newer younger officials that can maybe do the job at a higher level. They are recognizing that our pool of officials is getting pretty old and that they need to move on to the new crop of guys. As long as they are qualified and capable of doing the job at a high level.
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The *schools* select the officials? Interesting.
I've often thought there's too much an emphasis on crews around here. Personally, I feel I can walk on the floor with people I haven't met before and if we can all do the job, it won't show in the game. Others disagree with me. I have worked at least 10 games this season with people I'd never worked with before and most of them have gone well. All where the other 2 officials can do the job have.