tournament selection

[stan-MI]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mick

An official in the U.P. of Michigan, it is said, will, at most, work only one final per sport in a lifetime.
mick

What that means is that some good officials get the shaft and some not-so-good ones get a break. For some reason, the UP has a separate officials selection process than the rest of the state. Once a Yooper goes to the finals, that's it. In the rest of the state, you're eligible again after a couple of years off.

Of the 12 officials in each of the boys and girls tournaments, the UP gets one official, as do 5 other zones established by the state association. Three zones (metro Detroit, Flint/Saginaw, and Lansing/Grand Rapids) get 2 officials. From the Detroit area, there are a few officials who've done 2 finals, and I'm only aware of 1 who has done 3. From some of the other zones, it seems like there's a rotation of 3 or 4 officials who go regularly.