Why do High School officials dislike College officials so much?

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

That's one advantage of having an assignor, instead of getting your own games. When I have to turn back a HS game, I just call my HS assignor and he fills the slot. He's assured me that it's very easy to do so, now that everybody is online. But I still always offer to make calls if he wants me to.

It's understood here that college assignments take priority over high school assignments, even if it means that you turn back the high school game. There's no "retribution" (for lack of a better word) from the assignor.

I agree that some officials work the minimum number of games to be eligible for the tournament, but I have never seen an official expect to get "every" possible game. They expect their 2 or 3 games, just like any other selected official.

If college is the priority and you only work the minimum, why should you "expect" anything? The guys and gals that made HS their priority deserve those post-season games...thus the friction.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

If college is the priority and you only work the minimum, why should you "expect" anything?

Because they did the work that was required to be eligible for the post-season.

The guys and gals that made HS their priority deserve those post-season games...

And nobody's saying that they shouldn't work the post-season. I don't understand why that generates friction. Everybody who meets the state's requirements for eligibility should get consideration for post-season games. Right? I mean, how can anybody argue against that?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Because they did the work that was required to be eligible for the post-season.

Exactly. There are minimum requirements established to be eligible for considersation. If you meet the requirements, you should "expect" to be given consideration. Along with every other person who met the requirements.

From that pool, one would also reasonably expect that those officials who can best do the job will be selected. Funny enough, often that means those officials who have excelled at even higher levels will be chosen.

You can argue all day long about whether those officials work higher levels because they're better, or whether they got better by working higher levels. You can even posit that some are just lucky schmucks who really don't even deserve good HS varsity games. C'est la vie.