Its Got No Teeth ...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

If your schools are not taking the training presentations seriously, why are you so hell-bent on defending that process?

I'm not. It's not a great system. Attendance is only required by our local officials organization, not the state association. Those that do not send a team representative will not be eligible for the sportsmanship awards, but that's not why they come, they come because they see some value in the presentation.

I would like to see the state association (CIAC) make attendance mandatory, even if it's only for one team representative.

And it's the twenty-first century. So it doesn't have to be in person. It could be a Zoom (or whatever) presentation.

Even a flyer emailed (maybe with attached slides or video) to each team (in addition to the live or virtual presentation) would be better than what we have now.

All local IAABO interpreters will have access to a professionally produced IAABO "new rules" video, just send it to each team (in addition to the live or virtual presentation).