Patches

[Coltdoggs]

Originally Posted by fullor30

What's to prevent any guy off the street from buying a uni and purporting to be a ref? In Illinois it's a red flag with no patch. And any high school game at any level where a ref shows up with no patch(I've never seen it) would be under extreme scrutiny from both school administration and fans.

The patch I don't have and can't buy is STATE FINAL OFFICIAL...

Legit question fullor....I guess for ME, I've been around the city working games for 7 seasons now so it's not been a big deal for ME.

When I first started working games at the hoops facility I work during the summer (MS/AAU/Summer HS stuff) I had a list of references I was ready to have my scheduler call on. He stated he was fine with me not being IHSAA Licensed but that they would monitor/evaluate me in their "house league" first...After my first weekend of games he was fine with me working and since then I've worked plenty of games in their larger tournaments that draw teams from around the state as well as Midwest.

For the HS games in Indiana...yes, you do have to be State Licensed and MUST wear your patch...