Alabama Super 6 Official's

[LAZebra]

From an Alabama official - Apparently the only supplier will be One Stop Sports which is the state endorsed supplier.  They predominatley use Smitty products.  The black on the new shirts appears to be faded and does not match the black pants.  The entire sleeve on the long sleeve version is black.  One Stop Sports supplied the shirts to the officials working the Super 6 (State finals) free of charge.  We have already been told we will use that shirt next year.

There are actually four suppliers who have been approved to sell the shirts.  Our association has already received correspondence from two of them.

[bama_stripes]

  Regarding the championship games, I'm certain that attendance at a state camp is not required to be selected.

Required?  No.  The AHSAA takes great pains to put that in writing in their Playoff Selection Guide:

"3.      AHSAA District Camp Attendance (Although not required consideration will be given to those officials who attended district camp last year.)

4.      AHSAA State Camp Attendance (Although not required consideration will be given to those officials who have attended state camp within the last 4 years.)"

Take a poll of the officials who have worked championship games in the last 5 years and see how many have not gone to the state camp.  I'll bet it's zero.

[jason]

I've heard the shirts provided to those officials lucky enough to work the Super 6 last year are not the exact shirts being sold/used this year.  Can anyone comment on this?  Sucks for those guys...they thought they were 1 shirt purchase ahead of everyone else.

[bama_stripes]

I've heard the shirts provided to those officials lucky enough to work the Super 6 last year are not the exact shirts being sold/used this year.  Can anyone comment on this?  Sucks for those guys...they thought they were 1 shirt purchase ahead of everyone else.

That's correct, although they will be very close.  The shirts will also have the sublimated AHSAA patch.

[LAZebra]

Required?  No.  The AHSAA takes great pains to put that in writing in their Playoff Selection Guide:

"3.      AHSAA District Camp Attendance (Although not required consideration will be given to those officials who attended district camp last year.)

4.      AHSAA State Camp Attendance (Although not required consideration will be given to those officials who have attended state camp within the last 4 years.)"

Take a poll of the officials who have worked championship games in the last 5 years and see how many have not gone to the state camp.  I'll bet it's zero.

The number may well be zero.  I have been to the Super 6 and I have been to state camp several times.  I have learned a good bit each time I have attended camp.  I suspect that what I learned at camp greatly contributed to my being a good enough to officiate in the Super 6.

[Rulesman]

I see a small correlation here...