Massachusetts and Post-Game Handshake/Round 2

[sixer]

Perhaps you didn't read my post correctly. No, not perhaps.

Did you skip over the part about the kids, or choose to ignore it?

I've been officiating for some years now and have received a generous share of playoff games. But even if I KNEW I wouldn't work a playoff game, I'd do the same thing. Sometimes, you gotta do what you think is right. My fellow officials who choose what they think is right are free to do so. Does that mean I need to agree with them?

You, obviously, would do something different. Good for you. You would march in lock-step with any decision made by your state board. Again, good for you. It sounds like your primary concern is what others think about you. My primary concern is that high school students, KIDS, have officials who aren't looking to make a point about how evil the MIAA is.

IAABO is a great training organization and I'm proud to be a part of it. But I'm not going to let group-think sway my judgement.

Some of these high school students will play their last interscholastic game that means anything this year. The fact that some officials will choose self-interest over that is, to me, what's really sad.