Monthly D1 Assigning?

[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."