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Post by airraider on Jan 30, 2011 13:27:12 GMT -6
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Post by davishfc on Jan 31, 2011 13:33:29 GMT -6
Wow! Wow! What's next? It seems a sense of entitlement knows no bounds.
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Post by Chris Clement on Jan 31, 2011 14:01:00 GMT -6
We had that in a sport once (I can't remember which, it wasn't one I was involved with), they just played the games as best they could, I think maybe they got coaches from third-party schools to ref. Might not work so well for football.
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Post by kcbazooka on Jan 31, 2011 15:27:42 GMT -6
there's been several games in my life that I thought the refs went on strike...
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Post by brophy on Jan 31, 2011 16:36:42 GMT -6
BATON ROUGE – In response to Item Number 25 on the Louisiana High Athletic Association’s Annual General Business Meeting’s agenda regarding an officials’ pay increase, which was voted down Friday, January 28, 2011, Executive Director Kenny Henderson called an emergency conference call with the Executive Committee today at 1:00 PM.
The proposal, if it had passed, would have amended Section 9 of the LHSAA Handbook and would have given high school officials a pay increase in nine of its sanctioned sports. The proposal was declined by member school principals and troubleshooting for a possible boycott began immediately after the business meeting.
Over the weekend LHSAA staff members and Louisiana High School Officials Association board members met to discuss possible actions to resolve the issue, after rumors spread about officials’ associations across the state threatening to stop officiating basketball games.
The purpose of today’s conference call was to work out a solution or at a minimum, lay a foundation for a possible solution to the officials’ pay raise. The Executive Committee agreed to hold a meeting on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 1:00 PM at the LHSAA office in Baton Rouge with the fourteen basketball officials’ associations and the fourteen principals’ groups in each respective area. This meeting will be an opportunity for members of all organizations involved to have a chance to rectify the situation and take steps toward some sort of agreement to at least finish the current school year.
All official associations have signed contracts to provide officiating services for the 2010 – 2011 school year, and the LHSAA is strongly encouraging the Associations to honor those contracts. Currently, the Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Opelousas, Ruston, Thibodeaux, Tri-Parish, West Central and Winnsboro associations have agreed to finish the remainder of the current basketball season. This does not mean that every official in these associations will officiate, but these associations intend to honor their commitments.
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Post by ryan31374 on Feb 2, 2011 8:26:01 GMT -6
Just a side note: Louisiana has the lowest paid officials of all 50 states. Second lowest is Mississippi. The difference is about 9 dollars. This pay raise would have equalled Mississippi. I personally dont feel that they were asking for too much. I have been coaching for a number of years and believe me, I havn't always agreed with every call, but it is a job that is very hard and often critized. Pay these refs so we can get on with playing ball. Just my .02.
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