Womens championship game

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

All I'm saying is that maybe there are other considerations in assigning games besides getting the best official in the best games? Maybe some assigners want to consider giving young officials some experience in a "big" game. Maybe some assigners want to consider keeping the "unwashed" happy, so that there are always enough officials to cover all the games on a busy night. Maybe some assigners want to consider saving some officials some gas money by avoiding some long road trips. Maybe some assigners want to consider race, gender, etc. as one minor consideration.

I'm fine with all of those, except the last one. The bottom line is we will never truly have equality until we dismiss the aforementioneds from consideration.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bainsey

The bottom line is we will never truly have equality until we dismiss the aforementioneds from consideration.

Agree. But do we truly have equality in 2013? I don't believe that we do, but that's just my opinion. But I certainly agree with you that when we truly do have equality, be it in 2014, or 2114, then all officiating assignments should, rather must, be made based solely on the competence of the officials, not their race, gender, etc.