INEPTITUDE OF TSSAA

[hollowman]

In light of what happened at the Marshall Co. and Maplewood game the other night, I have to express my disdain for such a poorly run organization.  I understand that it was the officiating crew who was responsible for the call, but it ultimately lies on the TSSAA because they govern each association of officials.  I also understand that there is a shortage of officials, thus resulting in what some, if not most, may call terrible officiating across the state.  I'm aware that there are some outstanding crews, but it's not the norm.  This particular display of INEPTITUDE is only a fraction of the plethora of examples displayed by the governing body of TN High School Athletics.  It's a sad state of affairs from top to bottom.  Sadly, I'm 100% certain, that there were situations in West TN as well as East TN, that were as egregious as the one at Maplewood.  Will it ever get better?  No need to respond to the post as I am aware that similar things have been posted.  I am just another fan of high school football with no dog in this particular fight.  I am frustrated with the leadership within our own house.   It's a daily battle struggling with the soccer community, year round basketball, year round baseball, and the so called medical experts with an adverse agenda.  Whew.  My rant for the day.

[Lovemytigers3]

4 minutes ago, hollowman said:

In light of what happened at the Marshall Co. and Maplewood game the other night, I have to express my disdain for such a poorly run organization.  I understand that it was the officiating crew who was responsible for the call, but it ultimately lies on the TSSAA because they govern each association of officials.  I also understand that there is a shortage of officials, thus resulting in what some, if not most, may call terrible officiating across the state.  I'm aware that there are some outstanding crews, but it's not the norm.  This particular display of INEPTITUDE is only a fraction of the plethora of examples displayed by the governing body of TN High School Athletics.  It's a sad state of affairs from top to bottom.  Sadly, I'm 100% certain, that there were situations in West TN as well as East TN, that were as egregious as the one at Maplewood.  Will it ever get better?  No need to respond to the post as I am aware that similar things have been posted.  I am just another fan of high school football with no dog in this particular fight.  I am frustrated with the leadership within our own house.   It's a daily battle struggling with the soccer community, year round basketball, year round baseball, and the so called medical experts with an adverse agenda.  Whew.  My rant for the day.

Well I’m not going in to detail about what happened but it was definitely 2 major errors on the refs part- we have Kam getting to play which is all we wanted. But it would be nice if they admitted to their mistakes but at the end of the day it all worked out! Such a distraction for our coaches and players and totally unnecessary - but moving on we gotta get ready for a dog fight in the trenches! Here we go Tigers! 3 semifinals in a row! Let’s channel our emotions from all this chaos into positive vibes for us! Winners never cheat- cheaters never win!

[pizzpatriot]

Your abbreviation of The Tennessee Secondary School Atheletic Association is incorrect. It should be The T$$AA.

[blazer1set]

What happened at the Maplewood game?

[Lead]

1 hour ago, blazer1set said:

What happened at the Maplewood game?

See Greenville/Anderson County,  Greeneville/MarshallCounty threads.

[FBfan26]

9 hours ago, Lovemytigers3 said:

Well I’m not going in to detail about what happened but it was definitely 2 major errors on the refs part- we have Kam getting to play which is all we wanted. But it would be nice if they admitted to their mistakes but at the end of the day it all worked out! Such a distraction for our coaches and players and totally unnecessary - but moving on we gotta get ready for a dog fight in the trenches! Here we go Tigers! 3 semifinals in a row! Let’s channel our emotions from all this chaos into positive vibes for us! Winners never cheat- cheaters never win!

Good to see y'all got him back

[osunut2]

9 hours ago, hollowman said:

In light of what happened at the Marshall Co. and Maplewood game the other night, I have to express my disdain for such a poorly run organization.  I understand that it was the officiating crew who was responsible for the call, but it ultimately lies on the TSSAA because they govern each association of officials.  I also understand that there is a shortage of officials, thus resulting in what some, if not most, may call terrible officiating across the state.  I'm aware that there are some outstanding crews, but it's not the norm.  This particular display of INEPTITUDE is only a fraction of the plethora of examples displayed by the governing body of TN High School Athletics.  It's a sad state of affairs from top to bottom.  Sadly, I'm 100% certain, that there were situations in West TN as well as East TN, that were as egregious as the one at Maplewood.  Will it ever get better?  No need to respond to the post as I am aware that similar things have been posted.  I am just another fan of high school football with no dog in this particular fight.  I am frustrated with the leadership within our own house.   It's a daily battle struggling with the soccer community, year round basketball, year round baseball, and the so called medical experts with an adverse agenda.  Whew.  My rant for the day.

I have a few friends who have been football officials in east TN for a number of years, and each of them do it because they love the game. Plain and simple. That said, many of these issues could be "fixed" if the pool of officials was larger, and the only way to fix that is to provide some additional financial incentive (which isn't going to happen). I think a lot more folks would be willing to take the abuse that these officials take (and even deal with more job performance scrutiny from TSSAA), but only if proper compensation were provided.

Generally speaking, I think most people are willing to put up with a certain level of crap, but that level of crap is proportional to the amount of compensation that they receive. The same argument can be made in most professions - If you want to improve your pool of candidates, and overall talent, you typically have to provide some extra compensation.

[FBfan26]

43 minutes ago, osunut2 said:

I have a few friends who have been football officials in east TN for a number of years, and each of them do it because they love the game. Plain and simple. That said, many of these issues could be "fixed" if the pool of officials was larger, and the only way to fix that is to provide some additional financial incentive (which isn't going to happen). I think a lot more folks would be willing to take the abuse that these officials take (and even deal with more job performance scrutiny from TSSAA), but only if proper compensation were provided.

Generally speaking, I think most people are willing to put up with a certain level of crap, but that level of crap is proportional to the amount of compensation that they receive. The same argument can be made in most professions - If you want to improve your pool of candidates, and overall talent, you typically have to provide some extra compensation.

It' going to get to a point the refs are going to start kicking parents out like the little league games..

[bigchief]

Already has. I had to text the AD from the chains this year when the sideline ref wanted a fan removed.

[FBfan26]

5 minutes ago, bigchief said:

Already has. I had to text the AD from the chains this year when the sideline ref wanted a fan removed.

well....

[Lovemytigers3]

9 hours ago, pizzpatriot said:

Your abbreviation of The Tennessee Secondary School Atheletic Association is incorrect. It should be The T$$AA.

You are so right!!

[Lovemytigers3]

1 hour ago, FBfan26 said:

Good to see y'all got him back

Thank you FBfan26!