End of Season Changes

[s1nglewing]

- From Matt Stats:

 

MHSAA voted to change the end of season dates for football, due to lack of officials.

Class 4A, 3A, and 2A will play final regular season game on Thursday, Oct. 28.

Class 6A, 5A, and 1A will play final regular season game on Thursday, Nov. 4.

Games moved up one day

[Raiders 10]

hopefully that want be a big problem when playoffs come Nov

[pancho]

It's to avoid any potential problems.

[lionpack]

How do y’all think they solve the official shortage?

Edited September 27, 2021 by lionpack

[msaisbandkid]

2 hours ago, lionpack said:

How do y’all think they solve the official shortage?

Use MSAIS officials on Thursdays after JV is done. They aren't very good but they are better than most MHSAA officials.

[pancho]

One thing that would help would be to go back to allowing teams to have open dates.  We are in trouble in a few years when some of these 60plus aged officials retire.  I've seen 5 games this season and 2 of them had decent crews, the other 3 were horrible so it'll be a mess.

[msaisbandkid]

I honestly think Mississippi high school officiating is a lost cause. Yes, officiating is necessary for the game but in my experience it is fairly rare to find a close, competitive game nowadays where there is good officiating.

[Clever Clogs]

Officiating is bad regardless of classification or area .. Call any coach from Alabama or even Georgia and they’ll complain as well.. Mississippi isn’t the only place with poor officials .. The biggest problem with Mississippi is that they don’t invest enough in training or salary for officials. 

[KOshooter]

On 9/27/2021 at 6:14 PM, lionpack said:

How do y’all think they solve the official shortage?

I don't pretend to have all the answers, but it seems to me that MHSAA could launch some kind of recruiting program for officials. Younger people just aren't getting into it anymore, & there is a crisis on the horizon. I cover games in a three county area every week, & most of the officials that I see are in their 50s & 60s. 

[AustinIdol]

As a former MHSAA football official, I hate to see the way things are falling off as far as more people getting involved. A lot of the younger officials see it a a stepping stone and I don't blame them. Work a couple of years getting your feet wet and then take some JUCO games on Thursday, followed by adding some smaller college games on Saturdays and next thing you know, they give up the Fridays for travel. That is a good path for the younger guys that want to make it to the next level. Problem is, the old guard in MHSAA has done a poor job of trying to replace those guys. They need to be hitting up the colleges and universities trying to get the kids that officiate intramural games and try to recruit them or go around to high schools and talk with kids that are graduating and not going to play at the next level. It keeps them involved in the game and they know the game. Lot  of ways to get it done, just have to try different approaches. 

Edited October 28, 2021 by AustinIdol

[TK_on_the_Coast]

2 minutes ago, AustinIdol said:

As a former MHSAA football official, I hate to see the way things are falling off as far as more people getting involved. A lot of the younger officials see it a a stepping stone and I don't blame them. Work a couple of years getting your feet wet and then take some JUCO games on Thursday, followed by adding some smaller college games on Saturdays and next thing you know, they give up the Fridays for travel. That is a good path for the younger guys that want to make it to the next level. Problem is, the old guard in MHSAA has done a poor job of trying to replace those guys. They need to be hitting up the colleges and universities trying to get the kids that officiate intramural games and try to recruit them or go around to high schools and talk with kids that are graduating and not going to play at the next level. It keeps them involved in the game and they know the game. Lot  ofways to get it done, just have to try different approaches. 

Great ideas here, sir 

[KOshooter]

We don’t know if they’re doing anything or not, but this problem didn’t just now start. Age of officials has been steadily rising for years. 

[pee wee super star]

You got to want to do it. Too many of the younger ones choose to chase that dollar. Hard to blame them. But I agree with the o p.