The ratings were discussed and finalized. It has come to the boards attention that we need to spend
more time instruction the membership on filling out ratings next year. A few referees did not follow
the ratings instructions making their ratings worthless. Also, the board needs to assist the assignor
next year to levy fines against all referees who fail to follow rating instructions.
The ratings committee is hard at work designing a new and improved ratings system. Some of the
weaknesses of the current system are:
Officials are not getting constructive feedback. Most officials are merely filling in a number which
does not give input that would help referees improve.
Some referees ratings are affected too much by one individual partner if they ref several times together in
one year. For instance, one referee had a partner three times at varsity games and observed him four times
at a junior varsity games. This meant that he contributed 7 ratings to that one official.
There are too many numbers and descriptors in the current rating systems. Not all referees are evaluating
on the same criteria.
There are no independent evaluators who can give constructive feedback with no "agenda."
Those who referee junior varsity games are being rated lower than varsity referees regardless of the quality
of job done. This is obvious when you look at the ratings of refs who do both J.V. and varsity games. Their
varsity ratings are ALWAYS higher than their J.V. ratings.
