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[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

It's greatly different around here. I just don't want to officiate games that are full of unforced turnovers and held balls. There are only a handful of GV programs in this area that have quality teams.

There's the difference. There are some really bad GV teams in NYC (mostly public schools) but some of my best, most competitive and hardest-fought games from this past season were GV. In my area the Catholic schools are well-coached and talented as are the public schools on Staten Island. You can't go into those games with a mindset of "Oh, it's just girls" or you'll be eaten up by the coaches, players AND fans.

[Pantherdreams]

These make some sense then I guess. Probably just a regional thing. Around these here parts you are as likely to get a bad boys team as a bad girls team and vice versa. Also its pretty country even in our larger communities so there is not a lot of high level athleticism in any game. You might see 1 in game dunk in a varsity boys game all year if you are lucky. Also the fact that everyone has a 24 second shot clock and 8 seconds over half means no one boys or girls is running a lot of structured offense and both teams are getting lots of shots up. Abou the only difference I see around here is that because officials don't want a ton of jump balls and in weaker girls games there are not a lot of strong players I find bad girls games get a tighter whistle and lose flow becoming free throw shooting competitions. Low level boys games tend to look more like rugby.