Officials' Accomodations

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Several of the bigger schools around here have dedicated officials' locker rooms with your own lockers, shower, bathroom, etc. Some of them are really spacious and nice. I was in one on Friday, and they leave water and snacks in the room for you so you don't have to ask for anything.

The rest of the time it is a mixed bag. Usually it's a coaches office that isn't being used, so we have a bathroom and shower. At some of the smaller schools, we see nurse's offices, classrooms, etc. A couple weeks ago my partner and I were in what amounted to a closet next to the visitor's locker room. This thing was about 8x8 and had about six chairs in it along with a table and some boxes. We could barely turn around. We used the visitor's locker room bathroom when they weren't in there. It was either that or venture out into the lobby of the school, which we weren't about to do.

The worst one I have seen around here is a weight room that is upstairs from the stage on the end of a gym. It is NASTY. Hasn't been cleaned in years, and you have to climb some very narrow, steep stairs to get to it.

Another interesting one was a few weeks ago at a girls varsity tournament. My partner and I were dressing in a classroom that had a bathroom attached, so it was a good setup. The problem was that it is right next to the concession stand, so they store concession supplies in the room. We had about four people just casually stroll into our dressing room at different times before we went to the court. Included were two teenagers that walked in just as we opened the door to leave. Thankfully we were dressed. We were actually being evaluated that night, so I mentioned it to the evaluator, who said something to the AD. They ended up putting a sign up on the door. (The state gives them one that is supposed to be up anyway)