Well, you are right in that such is certainly NOT my definition of equitable. I know that you would agree with me that there are officials in most all of our chapters who are quality enough officials to work good 4A and 5A ball, but because those folks choose to earn their living in places like Abilene, Tyler, Waco, Temple, Midland, or Odessa, they do not get the numbers of opportunity during the regular season like guys from Houston, Dallas, Austin, Ft. Worth, and San Antonio. Should these guys be rewarded or penalized come playoff time because of where they live? Where's the equity in that? Also, according to your formula, that would really tie the coaches' hands at picking the officials or chapters they might want. I simply don't the coaches would sit well with being told, 'OK Coaches, you HAVE to agree on your officials coming from either the Houston or Ft. Worth chapters this week. As long as we are going to preserve the mantra of coaches having full autonomy on agreeing on their officials, I just think the whole state should be at their disposal. To do otherwise would be as pharisaical as what the UIL is trying to do.