Wanted, Reward, Dead Or Alive ...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by SC Official

In South Carolina you get five "experience points" in your rating for each of your first five years of experience until you reach the full 25 points. The current system is such that an official likely won't sniff a varsity game until at least his/her fourth year, and even that might be too optimistic.

Do you have trouble "keeping" officials, or do they get impatient and move on?

We didn't know of any other way (a long wait for varsity games) so nobody complained until we merged (it was actually a hostile takeover) with another competing local association. Then the shit hit the fan. The merger agreement stipulated that the guys moving over from the other association would receive the same level and number of games as with their old association. Most of these guys (not all) were horrible officials who were getting full varsity schedules, while our competent, proficient guys with a few years of experience under their belts, were only getting subvarsity games.

It took a few years, with some hiccups, but we eventually came up with a better system that rewards competence, and proficiency, rather than a certain number of years experience.