Is this a problem or what

[fonzzy07]

I emailed someone about working a HS tourny at some area Junior college and well look at the email he sent me back.
"Thanks for the interest but we use our own players for referees."
Wow am I glad that I am not working with those guys. I'd hate to be a player or a coach either. Can never be good to have Junior College players as refs.
Just my 2 cents.

[tjones1]

Must not be a very serious tournament.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by fonzzy07

I emailed someone about working a HS tourny at some area Junior college and well look at the email he sent me back.
"Thanks for the interest but we use our own players for referees."
Wow am I glad that I am not working with those guys. I'd hate to be a player or a coach either. Can never be good to have Junior College players as refs.
Just my 2 cents.

Might be worth the price of admission, though, to go watch.

[Adam]

Isn't there a requirement in your state for hs games to be played with qualified officials?

[rainmaker]

Don't you guys see this in your area?

We have quite a bit of it during the off season, even at private colleges. It saves them money. Gives the kids a chance to run up and down the floor, practice on certain plays. The bad thing is it's easy for them to develop bad habits since the students/refs don't always know the rules very well. I don't know how much it happens during the season.

[crazy voyager]

apperently you've never been to a club with few referees (mine). Almost all our games (except for our two eldest teams) are called by three referees, I'm one of them. We're 16, 15 and 14 years old. Calling evrything from Girls-16 to boys-11. The youngest, nah, who cares. But I have many many games been younger then the people I'm calling (not to mention the coaches). nobody cares though, they know there's no other referees to get...

[bigdogrunnin]

All summer leagues, fall leagues, spring leagues, HS, MS, Little Dribblers, etc. use CERTIFIED and INSURED officials! If you go with anything else, you are BEGGING to get sued and lose your backside! All I can say is NO WAY! I won't even work with a non-certified official. I am not putting my behind on the line for someone who is not even trained appropriately.

Does that mean their officials don't do a good job, NO. I just don't want the liabilities associated with any possible injuries or problems.

But hey, that's just my take.

[Adam]

I got the impression, this time of year, that the OP was talking about a mid-season tournament of some kind. I know a lot of states require that any high school games sanctioned by the governing body be worked by certified refs; in Iowa, for example, the penalty for non-compliance is forfeiture of the game by the home team.

If this is a non-sanctioned tourney, that’s a different story altogether.

While it’s possible they have enough certified refs at the college to work a tournament; it’s not likely. Furthermore, if they’re limiting the pool to their players; I’d say it’s even less likely they have enough (unless they require all their players to get certified as officials).