3 man for sophomore?

[stiffler3492]

Sophomore boy's games are tough games for a two man crew to officiate, in my opinion. Maybe it's just my area, or the schools I've had, but these boys are big and fast.

Do you think we'll ever get to a point where there will be 3 man crews on sophomore games?

[grunewar]

Not until we return to the "affluence" of the dot.com era.

Under these financial times, who can afford it?

PS - My last scrimmage today was a BF game - we did three-man for practice.

[Adam]

We do 3 for JV in our big schools, but had to accept a pay cut to keep it a couple years ago.

[stiffler3492]

JV's could use a three man crew as well. Around here the JV teams are made up of the kids who don't see much time on the varsity level.

I hear what you're saying though...the money aspect is a killer for that idea.

[Adam]

Here, the JV is the future varsity kids. Sophomore teams are extra games, not as big a deal.

[csb1971]

None of our sub varsity games use 3 man crews. In fact, thanks to budget cuts, many of the varsity level games are going back to 2 man. Makes things pretty difficult.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

Sophomore boy's games are tough games for a two man crew to officiate, in my opinion. Maybe it's just my area, or the schools I've had, but these boys are big and fast.

Do you think we'll ever get to a point where there will be 3 man crews on sophomore games?

Four of the six conferences we work use 3 man for JV boys and girls. The other two did as well but changed back to 2 man last year because of budget cuts.

These are the 1A and 2A conferences (smallest schools). However, they play running clock, 7 minute quaters except for the last 2 minutes of each half.