I have been officiating for about 20 years now and do girls and boys HS V and sub V games (usually double headers each night) as often as I want - usually 3-4 nights a week. I have been wearing contact lenses off and on since 1988. Lately I have been having problems with my eyes and the use of contacts and finally the doctor said the best thing I can do is to go back to glasses since the irritation isn't worth it.
I know that glasses are typically frowned upon at the Varsity level (although I have never heard anyone in our association say anything about them) so I am wondering if this means I am going to be dropped from the Varsity roles now? I have called some V games wearing glasses when my eyes were bothering me and I had no issues and a couple of times an evaluator was there and didn't say a word. Maybe it isn't that big of a deal here but not sure. BTW, I have no desire to go to the college level where I know glasses are basically a show stopper for officials.
BTW, LASIK isn't an option for me (long story). I haven't spoken to my assigner yet since I just found this out. Oh well I guess I can always become table personnel - doesn't take much skill
How do the associations you belong to feel about officials with glasses?
Tue Feb 01, 2011, 01:11am
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