School Not Allowing a Woman Official

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Again, cite the statutes you say you been advised on that would effect independent contractors.



No, I've never had a written contract for any game I've ever worked. I've worked in Tennessee and North Carolina. So obviously not every state/school requires a contract. Games are assigned through a booking association sanctioned by the state association. There is no contract. The school does NOT have to accept any official the booking agent chooses to send and can refuse one for any reason.

When all is said and done, we know they are a private entity. IF there's a contract, (which I seriously doubt since they would already have known a woman was being sent to work the game), there could be a breach of contract and she could sue them for damages. But absent that, she doesn't have a leg to stand on.

I worked for a Tennessee association for 3 years. And the contract is between them, essentially, and the school.

I know the association I worked for would not have stood for this and would've sent a woman (or 2 women) to all the games this school had. I've been in a similar position where they didn't want me back because I stood up to the home coach - I went back the next three games they played.

Worst case, the association tells the school to pound sand and doesn't send anyone.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I worked for a Tennessee association for 3 years. And the contract is between them, essentially, and the school.

The schools are members of the TSSAA. There is no contract that a specific official works at a specific school.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

The schools are members of the TSSAA. There is no contract that a specific official works at a specific school.

The schools cannot refuse a particular official, though. Schools are tied to particular assigning organizations (sanctioned by the state) for a certain amount of time and can't just contract with another assignor willy-nilly.

The assignor I had when I lived there would send two women to that school every game until he no longer had to deal with the school at all.