I've never had anything like this happen. We scheduled this last April.
I think officiating will improve with the change in this position. We expect them to be fully operational by July, but we'll be working with him at camps probably as early as June.
When you get a close game, you don't want controversy. I'm very confident in our officials.
If you worked the final in boys' basketball, you're not going to work it again. But that doesn't mean they can't work the girls' final.
The conversations that happened tonight normally don't happen for a year or two, but they're very helpful to the officials. These people will come into it with realistic expectations and knowing the faces of their leadership right from the start.
We pick up about 50 new people a year in all sports.
This (amendment) was written to say if you want to be in the association, we want you to play. I don't know of any school in our association that can't meet this requirement.
