You aren't allowed here......

[eemich10]

This has been a problem for me as well. I make sure I'm there WAY ahead of time so I can change before my partner if need be. Most schools are very accomadating, but I've changed in bathroom stalls (with spectators!), closets, a laundry room at a tech school, and a home-economics classroom with open shades that did not close. I was once even treated as an inconvenience, with the assistant coach asking why they assigned a female ref to a boys game (reported him to assignor!)

My feeling is if there is and office with an inner bathroom, thats fine for opposite sex partners to change.

[just another ref]

......or you could just go to the game dressed to officiate.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by just another ref

......or you could just go to the game dressed to officiate.

That's funny.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by just another ref

......or you could just go to the game dressed to officiate.

If I knew that there was going to be a problem dressing before a game, I would agree with this 100%. We have a school in our geographic area that is undergoing renovations. We've been informed that the only place for officials to change is in a small bathroom. Our local assigner, as well as the president of our local board, has suggested that we come to the game in uniform.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

I have been reading this thread with great interest. I have officiated boys'/girls' Jr. H.S. and H.S. basketball in Ohio, Michigan, California (H.S. only), and Florida (H.S. only). The only problem I ever had was in the Miami-Dade County, Florida, during the mid-1970's.

The AD's in Dade County expected you to come to the games dressed; and the schools did not even provide a place for the officials who came to the game already dressed to have a pre-game conference. Furthermore, they expected you to sit in the stands at half-time. I didn't know this when I arrived at my first ever H.S. game in Florida; the Home AD let me know that he was not happy that he had to find a secure place for me to dress and keep my belongings. He told me that if I was scheduled again at his school, I had better be dressed to go (me: ROFLMAO, ). I never once went to a game already dressed to officiate. I really made a number of AD's mad, but I have talked to officials from that area of Florida now and guess what? Nobody goes to games already dressed to officiate.

There is absolutely no reason for a school not to provide a secure place for an officials' dressing room. There is no way I would dress in rest room. Of course we do not have that problem in Ohio and Michigan, except for Rita's particular problem.

MTD, Sr.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

There is absolutely no reason for a school to provide a secure place for an officials' dressing room. There is no way I would dress in rest room. Of course we do not have that problem in Ohio and Michigan, except for Rita's particular problem.

MTD, Sr.

I would not either.

Peace

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

There is absolutely no reason for a school to provide a secure place for an officials' dressing room.

It was funnier when you left out the "not".

We actually have some guys who come dressed at the subvarsity level. Makes it hard for us to justify needing a space before the game for dressing and pregaming. UGH!

I think there's a post on the softball board about a portable locker room. Go and be amused.

[Kingsman1288]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

We actually have some guys who come dressed at the subvarsity level. Makes it hard for us to justify needing a space before the game for dressing and pregaming. UGH!

I think there's a post on the softball board about a portable locker room. Go and be amused.

Do you mean this lovely little item?

http://www.theofficialslockerroom.com/