Association Booth at County Fair

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by Freddy

Our association set up a booth at the local county fair in order to portray a positive image of officiating to the public and to recruit candidates for sports officiating. Went better than we expected. Have pics but can't seem to post a link. PM me if you're interested in seeing how it turned out. 78 new official candidates yielded.

That's a real creative approach to recruiting. Kudos to your association.

Not so sure it would work here. The county fair tends to attract an interesting demographic locally. Suffice it to say that the headline entertainment on Saturday night is usually (bad) pro wrestling...on Friday, a mud bog/tractor pull. I doubt any of the candidates we brought in from that type of crowd would pass the background check. Not trying to be elitist...just the reality of what we'd be facing.

(btw...I like your web site too, but there's a LOT of information available about every official...names, addresses & phone numbers. Might want to have that stuff protected from non-members)

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

. . . Might want to have that stuff protected from non-members)

Yeah. Good thing I'm not using my real name here also. Always appreciate the cloak of anonymity.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

Pro wrestling, a mud bog/tractor pull.

Sounds like fun. I'm there.