[13th region hoops]

As a former official, I agree that high school officiating has really gone downhill in the last decade. To say these guys give up time with their families to benefit high school athletes is true, but I guarantee they wouldn't do it for free. It's a job like anything else. I've seen officials take games away from kids first hand. I won't name names, but I've seen officials this year in the 13th that were too heavy to run up and down the floor, and they have to make calls from 50 feet away. You can't be accurate like that. The supervisor I had(Von Hatcher) wouldn't tolerate that. I don't know how it is now, but I figure it's getting harder and harder to find people that will do it, and that probably results in poorer officiating. I don't care how they call the game, just be consistent. If you're gonna call touch fouls, call them consistent all night for both teams. If there's no blood, no foul, then let them play and be fair. It's not an easy job, but with 3 officials, it should be better than it is.