Rookie Schedule

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I'm guessing his turnover quote was with regards to 1st year officials. That doesn't seem that far off. I don't think our retention rate after the first year would be much better. A lot of people sign up that just aren't cut out for it. I'd bet that we lose nearly 75% of new officials within 3 years.

I know he was talking about first year (brand spanking new officials) and that still seems a little high to me. Not to say that our numbers are not as high, but that seems a little high when you considering you have the opportunity to train and mentor many of them. We do not license officials at the local association level so that could be part of the factor in those numbers, where we usually have the opportunity to keep guys around because when they come to us they have someone helping them out usually. I agree that over some time we will lose a higher percentage as I feel that if we can get officials for 5 years they will do it until they cannot do it anymore or want to do it anymore (retirement or health).

Peace