Ratings

[JRutledge]

An state sport administrator makes all of our assignments. They consider an overall rating system that consists of 40 points and 8 different categories that make up 5 points each. Only two involve any input from coaches (Top 15 list and varsity ratings) and that at the end of the day is just data. The administrator uses whatever criteria she or he chooses to use to decide who works the State playoffs and the State Finals. Your coach's ratings can be high and you still may never go past a certain level in the playoffs. Actually it appears ratings are only used as a way to separate individuals that are close together, but it is clear that other things are factored in to playoff assignments. Things like geography, years of experience, what games you have worked (conferences) and if you follow IHSA procedures. There is even a factor to what race or gender you are as they look for officials that represent what is on the floor.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Things like geography ...

In a small state like Connecticut, for state tournament games, geography doesn't come into play. We travel the entire state.

Local board affiliation does come into play. For state tournament games, we can work games involving both teams from our local board, or we can work games where neither team uses our local board officials. We cannot work games where one of the teams uses our local board officials, and the other doesn't.

Also, at least one female must be part for the crew on the floor (not an alternate) for girls state tournament finals. Some of our male officials get slightly peeved at this, they sit home while a less qualified official, because she has a vagina, gets the game.