2-whistle vs. 3-whistle

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Originally posted by Camron Rust

I really doubt the primary obstacle to 3-man is the thought of more fouls being called.

Money is the biggest issue. Anyway you slice it, it's usually a pay cut. At $42-$48 per varisty game for 2 man, it would go to $28-$32 and the schools would still not break even when they now have to pay 3 mileages.

This is the biggest issue in Western PA. The highest two classifications (AAA and AAAA) are required to have 3-whistle on all conference games, the smaller two classifications (A and AA) are mandated by each conference and the athletic directors individually. For the smaller schools, obviously there is less revenue, but many times the quality of play is only slightly below the larger classes. There is a fairly large movement by officials' organizations that are in areas that are primarily A and AA schools to move to 3-man crews, especially at the AA level; we'll see what happens.

At the same time, the AAA and AAAA schools are giving bigger checks to 3-man crews (55-70 a game per official) than the A and AA for 2-man crews (50 a game per official), although we don't get reimbursed for mileage like many other states.