Tlk about OOO (boogers)

[His High Holiness]

Originally posted by w_sohl

Also, comment on the validity of the state championships by one coach. I'm not sure how haveing the same officials for regular season home games has any affect on winning state titles. Once the tourney comes around the state assigns the officials to games and the schools don't get to pick and his team still has to beat other teams that are just a qualified to be there once they get to that level.

OK, since you asked for a comment.

When coaches can select the umpires for their regular season games, they get three advantages going into the post season and beyond.

1. They gain momentum. A winning season produces confidence that carries over into the post season. Also, in my state, the first few rounds of the post season are played within the district.

2. Umpires that get a lot of games in the good ole boy system usually have influence with the administrators upstairs doing the selections for post season. Since the administrators usually need input for selecting umpires, guess where they go to get it?

3. Winning the regular season causes parents to move their kids into your district. On paper, they transfer the star players addresses (or custody) into a school district with a good team. This is an ongoing problem in basketball and football where I live, although not such a big problemn in baseball. Winning teams get more scouts and more scouts produce more athletic scholarships. Winning produces more winning year after year as parents figure out where the winners are and work the system accordingly.

Peter