How many officials on the field?

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Originally posted by Ed Hickland
If I say our association, Suffolk County (NY) and our brethren in the next county of Nassau, are the only two associations that work all their regular season games using only four officials, how wrong would I be?

What other associations are working varsity with just four officials?

Ed,

In Section I, Rockland Cty. generally uses 5. The rest uses 5 at the request of the home team. We actively recruit schools to use 5 and now have almost half of them. We got the concession in our last contract that if a school asked for additional officials all would get a full fee. We are working very hard at converting some of the old stalwarts who think that 25% more officials means 25% more flags. Hopefully we will be there soon. We now use 5 in all playoff games.