Origin of the Three-Person System?
 

Does anybody have any reliable historical information as to the origin of the three person system? I had heard that it was developed in Cleveland, Ohio sometime in the seventies, and that the original intent was to provide more complete off-ball observation, but cannot legitimize any of that one way or the other. Does anybody know who came up with the system and about when? Was it a collaborative effort bye a committee or was there one person who developed it?
Thank you in advance for your response if you happen to know anything on this topic.

I recently heard a story about the origins of 3-man, but I forget the names evoked.

In The Gutter ...
 

Maybe it was Caligula?

Maybe the first person to schedule 3 person had multiple personality disorder?

The National Basketball Committee of the United States and Canada was the predecessor of the NFHS and NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committees (pre 1977-78 or 1978-79 season) and I know that it was publishing a three-person mechanics manual for both boys'/girls' H.S. and men's college as early as the 1971-72 season and earlier.

MTD, Sr.

Origin of the Three-Person System?
 

Asked a couple of NBA official friends and I was told Darrell Garretson is the father of the 3 person system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darell_Garretson


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That was not the question. Read my comment above.

MTD, Sr.

I thought I did. Lol. I guess I need to improve my comprehension skills. Sorry for the misinformation.


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4 whistle coming??
 

We may be seeing the harbinger of the next evolution of 4 whistle officiating.

NBA G-league will be running 4 man crews the entire month of November.

Trialled 4 man and 5 man crews in a few games last year.

And if my memory is correct you are the Proud Papa of a couple of officials that worked those trial games.

MTD, Sr.