How Can I Get My Area To Give The Three Person Rotation A Honest Try?

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by Brian Watson
What is an extra 500 or 600 dollars to give your kids thebest possible game?

I think this is the biggest problem - coaches (and AD's) don't necessarily see a third official as making the game any better.

Even though studies have proven this wrong, many coaches think that a third official will increase the total number of fouls, thereby requiring the use of a (hopefully strong) bench. While there may not be more fouls, there will be more off-ball calls, which means that the coach needs to stop his players from using the little holds and push-offs that are usually not called with a 2 official crew.