NCAA Women's Tournament Officials

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Zoochy

I did not see the game, but a female from our area worked the McDonald's All American game in Chicago.

I would have to look back at posts, but all I know is she was the other white female on the game I believe. I did not know the African-American woman but the other official is my friend.

Peace

[Kansas Ref]

I used to wonder why when I watch a Women's college game or a WNBA game on tv: why are there always 2 female and 1 male ref on the crew?
Why not just have 3 female refs in there?

1. is it to show "gender balance" for th crew?
2. is it to present the best refs possible?
3. is it to appease male refs?
4. is it to balance any presumed "bias" of a gender equal ref on calls?
5. is it to enforse a "strong" presence in case a fight breaks out in a game?

Still wondering...

[HawkeyeCubP]

Originally Posted by Kansas Ref

I used to wonder why when I watch a Women's college game or a WNBA game on tv: why are there always 2 female and 1 male ref on the crew?

Re: NCAA D1 and D2, that's actually pretty far from being true across all conferences in the majority of games. It varies widely by what the gender breakdown of the conference's staff is, as well as the conference supervisor's philosophy and/or directive from her/his conference commissioner. (Unless you're talking about the NCAA D1 Tournament. Which I have no insight into. Except I do know that the 2012, 2013, and 2014 games were all-women crews on the Championship Games.)

[Zoochy]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I would have to look back at posts, but all I know is she was the other white female on the game I believe. I did not know the African-American woman but the other official is my friend.

Peace

She would have been the other white official.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Zoochy

She would have been the other white official.

That is what I figured, I would have to look back at the names to remember.

Peace