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[JRutledge]

Originally posted by zebraman
I do agree that you can't make everything equal. But a judge's (or A.D. or whoever is held accountable) job is to enforce the letter of the law as much as possible.

Well Z, that would be almost impossible. The girls start a week early. Their playoffs are two weeks before the boy's. They play in completely separate Thanksgiving and Christmas Tournaments. The powers in girl's basketball are different than the powers in boy's basketball. So because of that last fact, they do now want to play the same non-conference opponents. And the Chicago Public League would have to do everything different. Their conference structure is based on the success of each program (move up and down of divisions depending on success or failure of teams). We have over 700 schools throughout the state. It might be difficult to get everyone on the same page.

But that is how I see it.

Peace

[zebraman]

Well Z, that would be almost impossible.

Huh? All I said is that a judge is to enforce the letter of the law as much as possible. When we say that judges or A.D.'s (or whoever) are making "stupid, ridiculous" decisons (and all that), we were quite possibly being as ignorant as the fans who yell at us even though they don't know the rules. They are just trying to carry out a decision that someone else made.

I just don't get myself all worked up over people in power trying to make things as equal as they can.

Z

[Oz Referee]

One final amusing thought from Australia - we have recently been making changes to the scheduling of games in our Junior (under 22yrs) and Senior (open age) competitions. We have found that basically no-one wants to play on Friday evenings - since this is the "social" night of the week.

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by zebraman
Well Z, that would be almost impossible.

Huh? All I said is that a judge is to enforce the letter of the law as much as possible. When we say that judges or A.D.'s (or whoever) are making "stupid, ridiculous" decisons (and all that), we were quite possibly being as ignorant as the fans who yell at us even though they don't know the rules. They are just trying to carry out a decision that someone else made.

I just don't get myself all worked up over people in power trying to make things as equal as they can.

Z

I do not see anyone getting worked up. I personally do not care either way. My point is that playing on the same night is not going to make accomidations better or make everyone happy. Because just like a Thanksgiving Tournament, when people see the game they want to see, they will leave. If they call that equality, then it is equality. Not going to affect what I do.

Peace