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[Rich]

Originally Posted by ref2coach

The attempt to "act in concert" with other officials was attempted in the recent past by a neighboring association. That was the one where TSSAA told them they would not be sanctioned and told the schools using them would result in forfeited games.

The only option would be a strike action. Referees I have come in contact with in general are very "independent" in nature. I foresee no group strike action out of group of people who would allow their elected representation to be disbanded and their money taken. We now have "taxation without representation" paying $85 per year membership fee, $1 per assignment and $175 mandatory TSSAA "camp" every 3 years.

Strike action? I tried to organize the officials in an adult baseball league where the umpires were underpaid and overabused. There were just enough people who would crawl over our corpses to take the games that such an action wasn't possible.

Same with anything in this case -- those officials who have been waiting for 5-6 years to break into the varsity ranks would be thrilled to see those spots open up. Look at the handshake nonsense in Massachusetts -- those games got filled, too.