[hypersport]

The overwhelming majority of men and women who officiate do so because they love it. In order to get more people who will join them and weed out the few bad apples is to make it worth their time. There are solutions to the problem but there seems to be reluctance to break the tradition. I like what some states are doing. They are playing boy/girl double headers at the varsity level primarily on Friday and Saturday. JV and freshmen games are one night during the week and early on Saturday before the varsity.
Young officials do those games and get paid the fee for two games for one night's service. More people can officiate if they do not have to get up at six the next morning to be at work. Three officials doing two games in one night for double the money would make it more attractive to bring in more officials and you can choose based on abliity to officate. Now we have to choose just because they take the test and pay the fees.