what to do when you know you and your crew had an awful game

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Originally Posted by Andy

Curious...how did you "sell" this to the middle schools and high schools for sub -varsity and get them to agree to pay for a third official?

Originally Posted by RookieDude

...took a pay cut....so that we could "sell" 3-Whistle.

At first some of us were hesitant...but, man o man...has this been a godsend.

We do ALL High School games 3-Whistle...and some M.S. games for training.

I can't imagine doing 2 person all year and then expect to be proficient in 3 person when the "big game" or "playoffs" come around.

We're almost the exact same. For us, varsity was mandated at the state level, so nothing we had to do, as far as sub varsity/middle school, we're lucky enough to have two AD's in our region that somewhat progressive in that they realize the importance of that 3rd official, and basically made a statement in support of it. Initially we also took a pay cut, but after a year or two, the president of our association set up a meeting to discuss how much 3 have helped, and the AD's agreed to buck up for the 3rd.