2-man tourney, 3-man crew

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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
At our regionals a couple of weeks back, I was scouting a game in the gym we would play in and there was a 3-man crew working the game. I was somewhat surprised as we were still in pool play and we had 2-man crews for our first two games. After they finished the game, I asked one of the officials if we were doing 3 man that day for some reason. He said no, that his crew always worked as a 3-man crew and the rest of the day it would be 2 man.

I am assuming this is a crew that always works 3 man during the HS season and will only take games as a 3-man crew in the spring/summer season. Has anybody ever seen anything like this before, where a crew can demand to work 3 man and get their wishes, even if all other crews are 2 man?

We are running 3-person crews for some of the AAU games and in quite a few of the summer leagues. In particlar, we work a JV league as 3-person, and I believe all of our varsity leagues are 3-person. It is rare that we have the same crew game day after day. In HS, we do not have "set" crews and I might work with a particular official and never see that official again for the entire season. Sometimes, I wish that we did have "set" crews and other times I am really glad that we don't. I think Tony mentioned one time that in his association in NC, they are together as a crew for the whole season.