As he left the office for his assignment to umpire at the NCAA Regional Baseball Tournament in North Carolina, MHSAA Assistant Director Mark Uyl quipped, “Just hoping I don’t appear on ESPN.”
[Read the rest of this article...]
It’s often said that the best sports officials don’t draw attention to themselves; that a well-officiated contest is one where you don’t notice the officials. But once a year we make them the center of attention anyway.
It has been an interesting autumn for observing sports officials and the criticism they too often receive.
One of the certainties of these uncertain economic times is that more people register to officiate school sports in bad times than in good.
From the Director is the official MHSAA Blog which will touch on pertinent school sports topics periodically throughout the school year from various MHSAA Staff.