Questioning Partner's Call

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Adam

I forgot to ask before. What in the world is this about?

Must be some type of local, or state, AAU procedure to make sure that a mini-LeBron James isn't illegally added to a team roster at the last minute? Seems to me that this should be a responsibility of an AAU administrator, rather than an official. Add this to the Bay State postgame hand shake rule, and it could make for a long day at the table.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Must be some type of AAU procedure to make sure that a mini-LeBron James isn't illegally added to a team roster at the last minute? Seems to me that this should be a responsibility of an AAU administrator, rather than an official. Add this to the Massachusetts postgame hand shake rule, and it could make for a long day at the table.

Most definitely agree. If this were an official's responsibility, I wouldn't be signing on for a 2nd day of officiating. I have a hard enough time telling my own kids' pictures apart.

[Afrosheen]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Must be some type of local, or state, AAU procedure to make sure that a mini-LeBron James isn't illegally added to a team roster at the last minute? Seems to me that this should be a responsibility of an AAU administrator, rather than an official. Add this to the Bay State postgame hand shake rule, and it could make for a long day at the table.

You're correct as for what's going on, but how will you get enough AAU administrators at these gyms, or I should say warehouses turned into gyms with ten to fifteen courts, to check pictures before each game?

There's a gym supervisor who's there to keep the official's accountable, and all that needs to be done is to stand next to players during their layup drills and have them point to their picture as they're standing in line.

If there's an issue the opposing team can get one of its team members to get the supervisor and adjudicate the issue.

What's specifically going on at these games is that the players are competing at the same grade level with a two year age window which means that they've got to get their players certified before the "aau (fall, winter, spring, summer) league" starts. And that's what I was doing five-ten minutes before the game started.