Womens championship game

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Jeff are you essentially advocating the black officials for the black teams / conferences and the white officials for the white teams / conferences?

There are more than a few games where I'll be the only non-black person on the floor. I've never considered that a bad thing and I can't say I've ever heard a negative thing about it from players or coaches (fans are another story).

No. I am saying there is nothing wrong with having a diverse staff racially just as you would have a diverse staff on a geography basis. And because we have people with certain stereotypes or comfortably, you need people that will not get freaked out if they go certain places. There are a lot of officials in my area that get freaked out when they have to go places they have never been or that have a certain "reputation." You need officials that can handle that and work the game and understand the underlining situation.

I will put it this way, the 2A State Finals in my state was a perfect example of 3 guys that had little understanding of the dynamic of the game. If you had picked 3 officials from the Chicago area they might have been better prepared than what was assigned. But if you had one or two Black officials on that game, you might have not had these racial accusations that took place after the game.

Peace

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

No. I am saying there is nothing wrong with having a diverse staff racially just as you would have a diverse staff on a geography basis. And because we have people with certain stereotypes or comfortably, you need people that will not get freaked out if they go certain places. There are a lot of officials in my area that get freaked out when they have to go places they have never been or that have a certain "reputation." You need officials that can handle that and work the game and understand the underlining situation.

I will put it this way, the 2A State Finals in my state was a perfect example of 3 guys that had little understanding of the dynamic of the game. If you had picked 3 officials from the Chicago area they might have been better prepared than what was assigned. But if you had one or two Black officials on that game, you might have not had these racial accusations that took place after the game.

Peace

Amen, especially to part two. Right or wrong the reality is the guys working in Chicago - just like guys in my area working in NYC - will have seen and heard different things during their games on a normal basis so they know how to handle them. I won't doubt the ablity of the guys on that 2A championship to call a game but they may have been thrown into the deep end in regards to other things. Assignors have to be able to see that sort of thing coming. You may not have your best rules guys on the game but you'll end up with the best managers.