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Originally Posted by crosscountry55
JetMet, I think you may be onto something. The system the OSSAA had when I was there in 2007-09 was the same as it is today as OKREF describes it. Not much if anything has changed in eight years.
Why? I have two theories:
1. I think the number of officials has a lot to do with it. OK has more individual school districts then any other place I can recall, and they all insist on playing varsity games exclusively on Tues/Fri nights. That spreads officials fairly thin in all but the urban hotbeds of Lawton, OKC and Tulsa.
2. Pay sucks. It was $80 for a 2x varsity DH in OKC in 2009. I think it's only up to $90 now. Not very intriguing to new officials moving up.
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You've got a point. I can see both being a problem. In NYC virtually all of the games start at 4:30 or 5 but we have lots of officials and the only semi-quiet weekday tends to be Monday. We also don't work DHs, or should I say one assignor won't schedule you to work a DH.
From a pay standpoint, it's actually a combination of the officials and the schools that hold back 3-person. We're paid very well ($110.44 for Varsity) but people don't want to have their check reduced for the sake of getting the extra person. The schools don't want to put out the extra $ to have it at all levels.
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