sadday4hockey Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 The desire to have better officiating in my belief is shared across many groups and that includes the Referees themselves and the scheduling partners. Despite what many believe, it's hard to imagine that anyone actually chooses to be screamed at by making bad calls intentionally. However, this latest discussion highlights where the real issue lies. Who can help when there is a legitimate problem with specific individuals. The answer should be simple right? The affiliate governing body, or in our case the MidAm District. Here is the website for the MidAm district which has no less than 46 current positions. That's right 46. And they include 9 separate DEI positions. 9 of them. https://www.midamhockey.com/page/show/5022993-board-contacts How many people are there to deal with any referee issues? One. That's right, one person for six states but yet some states need multiple DEI personnel? That's basically saying that on any given weekend there is a 9 times more likely chance that there will be a DEI issue as opposed to an officiating issue? Give us a break. You want better officiating? Look no further than this group and when the Annual District meeting happens this spring, tell your association President to speak up on matters such as these. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryTime Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 4 hours ago, sadday4hockey said: The desire to have better officiating in my belief is shared across many groups and that includes the Referees themselves and the scheduling partners. Despite what many believe, it's hard to imagine that anyone actually chooses to be screamed at by making bad calls intentionally. However, this latest discussion highlights where the real issue lies. Who can help when there is a legitimate problem with specific individuals. The answer should be simple right? The affiliate governing body, or in our case the MidAm District. Here is the website for the MidAm district which has no less than 46 current positions. That's right 46. And they include 9 separate DEI positions. 9 of them. https://www.midamhockey.com/page/show/5022993-board-contacts How many people are there to deal with any referee issues? One. That's right, one person for six states but yet some states need multiple DEI personnel? That's basically saying that on any given weekend there is a 9 times more likely chance that there will be a DEI issue as opposed to an officiating issue? Give us a break. You want better officiating? Look no further than this group and when the Annual District meeting happens this spring, tell your association President to speak up on matters such as these. https://midamreferees.com/directory.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadday4hockey Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Why not supply that information to the original poster over the last 3 weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryTime Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 1 minute ago, sadday4hockey said: Why not supply that information to the original poster over the last 3 weeks? I don’t live on this forum nor even knew this existed. Did you not think to click around the website for 30 seconds to find this link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadday4hockey Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 You have 20 posts. That website appears to have been updated with far more data than it's ever had and most looks to have been added in well...... the last 30 days. Maybe that's a testament to this site for people have been pleading for this for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryTime Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) 10 minutes ago, sadday4hockey said: You have 20 posts. That website appears to have been updated with far more data than it's ever had and most looks to have been added in well...... the last 30 days. Maybe that's a testament to this site for people have been pleading for this for years. I meant I did not know the Mid-Am Official’s site existed until today. I’m glad there is a dedicated site now, although I wouldn’t give credit to this forum. Edited February 26 by JerryTime Clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRightCall Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Heard the poster who outed the official was handed a suspension from MidAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaahockey Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 2 hours ago, TheRightCall said: Heard the poster who outed the official was handed a suspension from MidAM. Did he reveal enough about himself from the posts to be identified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRightCall Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I heard the outed official submitted video but I’m not certain. interesting that he haven’t returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YardSale Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 10 hours ago, aaaahockey said: Did he reveal enough about himself from the posts to be identified? Yes, he identified himself as the coach who got booted from a game that day by that ref. I'm sure that was enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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