Any creepy referees in Denver area?

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

You might want to check out the official we had in our association who spent a few years in jail after forming a relationship with a kid he had contact with through officiating. Those that want to have unsupervised contact will find a way. No association would want to have him join their board now and the background check would prevent it. Otherwise, he's free to try it again.

And then tried to come across the river and ref for us...heard we used background checks and declined to do the paperwork.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

And then tried to come across the river and ref for us...heard we used background checks and declined to do the paperwork.

DING DING DING DING

This x1000.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

And then tried to come across the river and ref for us...heard we used background checks and declined to do the paperwork.

So a placebo effect would have been sufficient

I get a little pissy when people start using news stories to enact measures that would have done nothing to prevent the event that precipitated the story. This particular story will likely lead to background checks in Colorado, and I will comply with it (not a big deal for me). I'm not comfortable with the application and logistics.

[jTheUmp]

I had to submit to a background check to be registered to officiate with the MN State High School League. Didn't cost me anything that I can recall. I believe it was in response to a new law passed by the MN legislature.

Associations don't do background checks, nor should they IMHO. But they do check to make sure you're registered with the high school league (and if you fail the background check, you won't be registered).

IIRC, the background check is good for 3 or 4 years.