Two different topics going on here...one high school officials and the other is kids' officials.
The Kansas system for allocating assignments at the high school level is unfair, but unless there is a lottery system or draw system put in place where all officials get an equal shot at the assignments its going to stay that way. Way too much money is involved for guys to give up and share their dates, especially those two day tournaments where they make $200 a day. There's no oversight now and unless the state requires it, no one at the local level is going to support or enforce any such system. There are officials that suck up to coaches/assigners/ADs to get assignments and I know they also "double book" dates and then swap those dates with their buddies.....its crooked, its unfair, and its unethical....but when there's money involved and no one guarding the henhouse, the foxes have a field day...
Kids is a different deal...my opinion is that kids officiating is the toughest there is....I did a couple kids' tournaments, years ago, as a favor when there was a shortage of officials. I wouldn't do one today if you paid me $500. Too much crazy yelling, ranting, and raving on small mats in close quarters by people who have no business being anywhere near a mat. Dad and mom "coaches" who are fervant fans but don't know a lick about the rules. Parents and coaches verbally abusing little kids because they didn't win a match....And of course the kids are the innocent bystanders in all this fuss. If we were being fair to our young officials, we'd have them start out in middle school matches or JV, not kids'. It takes a pretty mentally-tough person to handle it...and by the posts above, even ex-wrestlers, who by definition have proved they are special and mentally tough, won't put up with it.
