Columbus South @ Linden-McKinley Postponed Due to Lack of Officials

[zebrastripes]

For anyone who doesn’t believe the shortage of officials is real...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1170165323993165829

(The game has been rescheduled for tonight and hopefully they will find five officials.)

Expect things like this (games moved to Thursday/Saturday or canceled altogether) to become more and more common.

 

[my2sense]

No officials are better than bad officials.

 

[queencitybuckeye]

A large part of this are so-called fans (and a few coaches) who feel free to berate the refs because "they're getting paid". Yeah, less than they would make working a shift delivering pizza. I would never consider doing it, and appreciate those who continue to stick it out.

 

[tcgobucks]

So they didn't realize this until yesterday afternoon? Seems like they would have known there were no officials before that

 

[zebrastripes]

So they didn't realize this until yesterday afternoon? Seems like they would have known there were no officials before that

I’m on the roster for the City League and we got an e-mail yesterday afternoon at 4:55 looking for an official. My guess is an official got hurt or had some sort of emergency and it was too late to find someone else. But, there are some officials who unfortunately wait until the last minute to tell an assigner they can’t work. All speculation.

Better to push it back a day and have a full crew than to play a varsity game with 4 officials.

 

[MSL]

No officials are better than bad officials.

Pretty easy to tell which posters don’t care about the kids and are part of the problem.

 

[MSL]

I’m on the roster for the City League and we got an e-mail yesterday afternoon at 4:55 looking for an official. My guess is an official got hurt or had some sort of emergency and it was too late to find someone else. But, there are some officials who unfortunately wait until the last minute to tell an assigner they can’t work. All speculation.

Better to push it back a day and have a full crew than to play a varsity game with 4 officials.

Sounds to me like this was more of an issue of an official pulling out super late and it being impossible to find a replacement before kickoff (people already have Friday night plans or are reffing other games).

 

[HE74]

No officials are better than bad officials.

The Warren Tribune Chronicle recently published some interesting articles about the shortage of officials and the role disrespectful fans have played in this problem. Instead of criticizing, these people need to step up to the plate and do the work.

https://www.tribtoday.com/sports/high-school-sports/2019/09/whistle-blown-on-officials-shortage/

 

[MSL]

The Warren Tribune Chronicle recently published some interesting articles about the shortage of officials and the role disrespectful fans have played in this problem. Instead of criticizing, these people need to step up to the plate and do the work.

https://www.tribtoday.com/sports/high-school-sports/2019/09/whistle-blown-on-officials-shortage/

That troll knows he couldn’t last one quarter on the football field.

 

[KniteFlyer]

I agree with those above. This feels like AN official bailed late....not that "no officials" (plural) could be found.