NJ Varsity/IABBO Help

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by PAT THE REF

Hey Everyone,

The season is about two months away for me here in NJ... I wanted to ask everyones opinions and help on the following subjects. Any help/sarcasm/constructive critisim is greatly appreciated... Lets just keep it G-Rated...

1) I am a high school official here in NJ. A member of CEJBO (an offshoot of IABBO - I did not know of IABBO at that time)... I do get occasionally varsity level games when my assigner (from CEJBO) decides to give me some... I want to move up the ladder eventually and wanted to know what is the best way of doing that... (I know camps) But is there any other way?

2) Should I consider joining IABBO? I will need *(as of my understanding) another year of training class before I can become a member. Can you move up to the JUCO, D-III ranks without IABBO?

3) How can I best build my resume to start to work some JUCO games? What do they look for? JV, Varsity, Youth, AAU expierence? I want to make the jump hopefully in the next three-four years... So, what can I do now that will help me make that jump?

Thanks,

IABBO's only going to help you get HS games, and only in places that require IABBO membership. Normally HS varsity experience is needed but not always. If you're not getting competetive HS games then expand your area, find another HS board to work in.

To break into juco & D3 you'll need exposure. The ECAC holds a camp or 2 every summer to recruit officials. http://www.ecac.org/feature/feature....ciating&id=512 I believe they also assign juco games in NJ. There are other camps in the NJ/NY area you should start looking at if you are serious. It's very competetive. But 3 to 4 years is a good timeline to start getting known.

Good luck, you can email me if you like