New Official

[bebanovich]

When I coached a youth league team in Northern California, it seemed that about a fourth of the officials were women. It wasn't unusual for us to have an all female crew.

For the high school level, it is more than one or two, but it still is not the norm. Getting there, I suppose, but not there yet.

When I used to see only one or two women officials about 10 years ago, I noticed that coaches tried to work them mercilessly and that they were reluctant to T. It made me wonder how much support they had from their male partners.

The good news is that this B.S. has ended in our area. I took about a 7 year break from coaching, so I'm not sure how long it took.

Fight the good fight and don't take any crap.