There's apparently some discussion in our association about moving (at least a partial) crew system. Currently, we're assigned individually game by game. One of the members on the committee in charge of that debate asked for my opinion, and I'm kind of torn.
On the one hand, I can definitely see where working with the same guys every week can be an advantage. On the other hand, part of me is concerned about the idea, on a few different fronts, especially as we're getting to the point where we're assigning 7 officials on the AAA games and 5 on the rest of the games.
I'm afraid that we'll end up with "big crews" that only work the local games, and "little crews" that only go out of town. I'm also concerned that - if it happens -the "good old boy" network will all end up on the big crews, and the newer officials and the ones that aren't part of the network will all be travelling every week.
I'll also be completely honest and confess that, as a rookie WH, I'd be one of the "road warriors" and never see a game in town without somebody getting hurt or marking off, and it would be like Thanksgiving where I was 19 years old and still sitting at the "kids table."
I'd like some feedback on pros and cons, especially for those of you that have worked both ways. Our annual year end meeting is next week, and I suspect that we’ll be spending a lot of the meeting “discussing” this idea.