Some Associations (including NJ) require officiating a certain number of
meets as well as passing the test. It is up to each Association.
Ed Koch
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Date: Sunday, June 10, 2001 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Arrogant officials and decisions...
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>In a message dated 6/8/01 11:56:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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>>2. Appropriate training for officials, not just meeting to look at old
>>films or discuss how things used to be.
>>
>Is track the only sport where an official can be certified w/o ever having
>seen, much less worked, a meet? To pass the USATF test (at least in CT) you
>merely have to pass the written test, which is open book and untimed.
>
>Every other sport has a "rating session" where officials work at a
pre-season
>scrimmage; newbies are guided by veterans, who themselves work on applying
>new rules. And once the season begins, the assigner generally puts novices
>under the wing of an experienced official, who can give pointers along the
>way.
>
>As far as I know, track does nothing along those lines.
>
>Jim Gerweck
>Running Times
