I gotta tell ya.....
 

I did two-man BJV last night between two big schools and find it easier doing three-man V. Two-man between good F or JV teams can be tough IMO.

From what I understand, many districts around here use three whistle but there are also some that use two. Same with some private schools.

I've heard this before. What is the meaning behind that phrase?

I'm in the same corner as you.

I said before I wasn't sure about the rest of Missouri, but I do know in St. Louis and Kansas City that most of the larger schools use 3 officials for varsity games. Those officials also only work the varsity games and they have two others that work the JV games if they're the same night. Around here we work both the JV and varsity games, usually with just two officials.

In Wisconsin only 2 required until postseason. Sometimes a crew of two will bring a third official. They need to get some 3 man in before playoffs. They just split the two checks between the three of them.

In VT, the state has 3 in all playoff games. So, they require schools based on enrollment to have 3 on the crew for a certain number of games. Some schools may elect to have more than the minimum. It is pretty foolhardy to not have a requirement like this and to then expect officials to convert to a new system in the playoffs IMO. Here in FL, I believe there is a minimum for each school. I am not going to try to figger it out, though.

This makes me curious; are there some schools that use 3 for boys and 2 for girls?

It's just another way of saying to be outside the player on the endline. When he turns to you to take the ball, his a$$ is facing the glass.

All I can tell you is that in my primary association, I have yet to see 3 on a crew in a GV game. And I have yet to see [with the exception of a small private school with a smaller court] 2 on a crew in a BV game. In my secondary association, there are always 3 assigned to a varsity game.

That's interesting; wonder how long it'll be before someone considers this a Title IX violation.

I am not going to be 'that guy'.

Ah, come on. Actually, I would expect it from someone on the fan/parent/coaching side. I could honestly see the lawsuit going either way.

When the state was going to cut schedules last year, excepting football, that is precisely what prevented it from implementation. There might be games that DO have 3 [G] and some with 2 [B] that I don't know about since I do not see the master schedule. In my 4 years of varsity ball, I have yet to hear "We should have had 3 on this game" on the girls side. I have heard it plenty on the boys side when a crew of 2 was assigned.

Utah has five divisions, 1A through 5A. 4A and 5A boys varsity use three man. 1A, 2A, and 3A varsity and all sub-varsity use two man.

Everything is two man on the girl's side.

Agreed, and if the lawsuit breaks on the side of allowing the difference, I would expect more areas to follow suit. I would at least expect to see more areas introduce 3-whistle for boys while continuing to use 2 for girls. Not sure we'll see many go backwards and move from 3 to 2 for girls, though.

Hmm, I wasn't aware of that.