Conflicts of Interest

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by kentref
I agree that one could dig up all types of "conflicts" depending on who you know, etc. The reason I stated previously that you should avoid working games that involved the school you attended was that most people will perceive that you have a conflict. Unfortunately, perception equals reality for a lot of folks.

Well unless you live in the town that you went to HS in, it is very possible that no one even knows unless you tell them. That is my point. So when we are talking about at the HS level and below that would be really hard to find officials if we used that criteria to decide alone if someone can work a game or not. I know a lot of many schools that would not be able to find officials if that was the deciding factor. And they certainly could not have officials directly in the area, because someone attended either one of the schools playing the game.

Peace