Post season

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

So, an official who works 10 HS games and 9 college games would be eligible, but an official who works 10 HS games and 11 college games wouldn't be eligible? I'm just trying to be sure I understand what you are saying.

My take on the orignal questions: An official should be required to work some minimum number of games at that level. The minimum should be roughly the number of games in the season for a team. Officials who work more games at that level should revceive "credit" for that, and this credit should offset some small difference in "quality".

Yeah, it looks kinda ugly at that point doesn't it? In my mind I was thinking more of a super-majority like 60%. But I also find myself amiable to your take.

Here in Kansas the season is 20 games and the minimum mentioned in the other thread was 10 games. This "I only work half a season in order to get the playoff games" was the concept I didn't like. Working a "full season" without regard to work at another level would seem like an equitable measure.

[Scrapper1]

I think the best qualified officials who meet the state association's requirements should get the playoff assignments. You can't keep people out because they "only" did the required number of games. If you think the state should require 20 high school varsity games to be eligible, then get your association to try to make that happen. But around here, 20 varsity games is a VERY good schedule. The most I've ever had in one season was 27.

And now. . . I'm going to get myself in trouble.

Why does the state association set the minimum number of games so low? Because they want to have the college officials who can only work 10 HS games in a season. Because those officials are probably some of the best officials in the state. That's why they can only work 10 HS games. The best officials tend to move on from HS to college. Not always; some can't due to work/travel/family issues. But generally, officials who work hard and want to improve move up.

So if you want the best officials in the state to work the post-season, you have to find a way to get them in. And they do that by only requiring 10 games (just as an example) to be worked in the regular season. JMO