Monthly D1 Assigning?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

Again, this is why the OP's situation has nothing to do with how things are done in high school ball or your corner of Connecticut.

Our high school assignments trickle out with only two weeks in advance. Many still don't like it that way. We've been told that this makes it easier for the assigner to make last minute changes.

That's in a normal year. During COVID last year we got our assignments only one week in advance, sometimes day to day.

So my uneducated guess to Player989random, maybe it has something to do with the possibility of last minute changes related to COVID.

Was my uneducated guess that much far from the more educated answers from our college guys?

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Could be similar to the reason why my scholastic assignor "trickles" out our assignments, so that he could easily make last minute changes, especially in this age of COVID ...

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

So my uneducated guess to Player989random, maybe it has something to do with the possibility of last minute changes related to COVID.

Was my uneducated guess that much far from the more educated answers from our college guys?

You really should stop talking about this. The season is almost a month away for many (not including scrimmages) and it has nothing to do with last-minute changes. D1 is operating very differently than last year and many things are being asked of the officials like showing vaccination status and more testing to all participants. No one is making last minute changes, they are waiting on the D1 to assign their staffs and the lower level college conferences are waiting so they can not make changes during the season because they did not anticipate that an official might work a higher level game. A D1 assignment can affect a D2, D3, NAIA and JUCO all at the same time. Because if an official had a lower level college game and gets a D1 assignment, there are supervisors that have to fill in the spot that person left. So they wait until most of the assignments are made so they do not have to make multiple changes because of someone they assigned too soon. The only way this affects high school is if someone that works high school is now offered a college game to fill in after someone moves up even if it involves several games.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

D1 is operating very differently than last year and many things are being asked of the officials like showing vaccination status and more testing to all participants. No one is making last minute changes, they are waiting on the D1 to assign their staffs and the lower level college conferences are waiting so they can not make changes during the season because they did not anticipate that an official might work a higher level game.

JRutledge is correct. I was wrong. I should have said last minute assignments, not last minute changes.

Which is the way my high school assigner did it last (COVID) year, assigning games only days, or hours, in advance.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

JRutledge is correct. I was wrong. I should have said last minute assignments, not last minute changes.

Which is the way my high school assigner did it last (COVID) year, assigning games only days, or hours, in advance.

Again there are no last-minute assignments at the D1 level. They have all the time in the world and expectation that their games are going to be covered. Unless you are an NBA official, you are not making more money than a D1 official for each game. And unlike many high school or even lower-level college officials, guys and gals are getting on planes to officiate in many parts of the region or taking 4 to 7-hour drives to games for checks with a comma. Nothing last minute about what an assignor is doing. They are later this year because there are some challenges with who can work and where they can go because of the conference and school protocols. Kind of like the situation in the NBA where only vaccinated players, coaches, and officials can work games in New York. But again we are a month away from the season really being started at the D1 level. So nothing is last minute at this stage.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

They are later this year because there are some challenges with who can work and where they can go because of the conference and school protocols.

I probably should have said "later" instead of "last minute".

Wait. I had already used the word "late" in post #26. I beat JRutledge to the punch.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Possibility Of Late Assignments Related To COVID

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I was also probably not too far off with my uneducated guess: the possibility of late assignments ... related to COVID.

Slowly, one post at a time, I've learned a little about college assigning in this thread.

Not a lot, but enough to comment on the subject to liven up a cocktail party.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

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Not a lot, but enough to comment on the subject to liven up a cocktail party.

AKA: misinformation

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

Misinformation

No. Raymond and JRutledge have given me enough "first hand" expert information to impress hot single women at cocktail parties.

"Shaken and not stirred."

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

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Was my uneducated guess that much far from the more educated answers from our college guys?

Yes, your whole direction of the conversation was off-base to what the OP was asking about. He is very much aware of how HS assigning works.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

Yes, your whole direction of the conversation was off-base to what the OP was asking about.

While I probably gave too much (local scholastic) background information (changing from entire season published to a slow trickle), I was also probably not too far off with my uneducated guess: the possibility of late assignments (not changes) related to COVID.

A change from an open date to a late assignment can be considered a change, but that's semantic nit picking when looking at it from either viewpoint, and I've already admitted to my poor choice of words.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

While I probably gave too much (local scholastic) background information (changing from entire season published to a slow trickle), I was also probably not too far off with my uneducated guess: the possibility of late assignments (not changes) related to COVID.

A change from an open date to a late assignment can be considered a change, but that's semantic nit picking when looking at it from either viewpoint, and I've already admitted to my poor choice of words.

It's just me, but I'm thinking he was looking for answers from folks who have some first-hand experience or insider information. I don't think the was looking for "uneducated guesses" that he could come up with himself. Again, that's just me.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

It's just me, but I'm thinking he was looking for answers from folks who have some first-hand experience or insider information.

Agree. But since there appears to be no additional fees for making or reading posts on the Forum, I just thought I would offer my two cents, how we went from a full season of assignments published at once; to trickles two weeks at a time; to day to day, hour to hour, during COVID last year.

Even with my ignorance of college assigning, I was still able to (I believe) come up with a somewhat logical and close to the mark explanation.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Late Assignments Related To COVID

JRutledge and Raymond did come up with the first-hand experience and insider information that Player989random sought.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Agree. But since there appears to be no additional fees for making or reading posts on the Forum, I just thought I would offer my two cents, how we went from a full season of assignments published at once; to trickles two weeks at a time; to day to day, hour to hour, during COVID last year.

Even with my ignorance of college assigning, I was still able to (I believe) come up with a somewhat logical and close to the mark explanation.



JRutledge and Raymond did come up with the first-hand experience and insider information that Player989random sought.

What does your high school assignment process have anything to do with this situation asked about in the OP? Nothing.

Even the stuff you mentioned has nothing to do with how games are given in my area and I work in 2 different states. Most of my high school games have been assigned since the summer. It literally has nothing to do with what happens in college other than people with opportunities will likely give a date or two back. But that happens without a college assignment. So more information that is irrelevant to the discussion we are trying to have with stuff about where you live that does not matter to most across the country.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

What does your high school assignment process have anything to do with this situation asked about in the OP?

This:

Originally Posted by BillyMac

... how we went from a full season of assignments published at once; to trickles two weeks at a time ...

Originally Posted by BillyMac

... changing from entire season published to a slow trickle ...