Wisconsin Assigning Challenges (First Hand Observations)

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

And then of course there's the fact that WIAA requires schools to individually contract games with officials---on paper by snail mail---which forces schedules and assignments to be made months and sometimes years in advance, often outside of Arbiter on a pen-and-paper basis.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Billy:

Since Connecticut is an IAABO state, are the games contracted using Arbiter? MichiganHSAA does not require assigners to use Arbiter, but most of them do. And OhioHSAA is requiring all contracts for all games in all sports to by Arbiter starting this school year.

MTD, Sr.

[SNIPERBBB]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Billy:

Since Connecticut is an IAABO state, are the games contracted using Arbiter? MichiganHSAA does not require assigners to use Arbiter, but most of them do. And OhioHSAA is requiring all contracts for all games in all sports to by Arbiter starting this school year.

MTD, Sr.

Could be worse, you could be having to go school by school to get games like still exists in my part of Ohio.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

Could be worse, you could be having to go school by school to get games like still exists in my part of Ohio.

It is still like that in most of NW Ohio.

MTD, Sr.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Since Connecticut is an IAABO state, are the games contracted using Arbiter?

Connecticut is a 100% IAABO state. All Connecticut high schools must use IAABO officials (there are no other choices). Each of the six local geographic IAABO boards hires an assigner (commissioner) who uses Arbiter to assign all high school games (and many middle school games) in that local geographic area. State tournament games are assigned by the CIAC (Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, the State interscholastic sports governing body), also using Arbiter.

[JRutledge]

We have conference assignors here. Our association membership means almost nothing in us getting assignments and that is the way it should be. I work for most conference assignors I want to work for and those I don't, I am not missing anything. Pretty much the NCAA model of assigning and I love it. The assignors are accountable to their conference, not some political organization where guys can get away with only hiring guys from one association. Also the state assigns all the playoff games, so that puts the onus on the assignors to get people they will see in the tournament.

Again, to each his own.

Peace