All black shoes in the tournament

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

Generally speaking, HS officials are selected/assignment based on metrics that have nothing to do with call accuracy (coaches ratings, other officials ratings, or simply "assignors choice"). Like college, the HS assignments for state tournament games shouldn't be "lifetime achievement awards" or based on a "give a 'new guy' a chance"-theory…..simply assign the BEST official (unfortunately that doesn't happen often).

The NCAA has a few more resources than a HS association. Even televised HS games are far and few between.

There are a lot of things that should not be, but what are you going to do to change it if you say it is based on merit? And the whole idea of merit anyway is always a myth. For one what is used as a critieria of merit is going to change based on the person making the decisions and choosing assignments. Even if you say, the best officials should be working, we would still have people complain about who was picked, just like we had here for the NCAA when certain individuals were picked.

Peace