How long will NoVA Football put up with Dennis Hall's fu**ery?
Posted by:
Will
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Date: December 11, 2017 02:58PM
Look, I get it. High school football officials work hard and are doing the best they can to support our kids. It's mostly a thankless job and I do not want this to come off as an excoriation of the great folks who call these games.
What I DO have an issue with, is the woeful lack of professionalism and leadership from Mayor of Clown-Town and NoVA Football Officials Association (NVFOA), Dennis Hall.
Beyond what I have seen with my own eyes (which is considerable, and embarrassing), what I have heard anecdotally from VA HS sports insiders is just egregious. It is apparently pretty well known in other regions, even other VA regions, that the officiating up here is done in a very haphazard way, with a lack of professional standards and continuing education.
My real reason for posting this, however, is to relate a story that I absolutely just can't believe... Read on, and be baffled...
So, going into this school year (17-18) there was apparently a shortage of qualified HS Football officials to the point that there were cursory discussions of perhaps moving some varsity games from Fri to TH night.
In a conversation with Hall, a local Athletic Director suggested that maybe some of the games could be run with 4 man crews. A suggestion that, while having enough merit to at least warrant consideration, was rightly dismissed by hall on the grounds that the safety of the kids would then potentially be at risk. Correct call there, but wait...
Then this AD suggested that maybe officials from adjoining regions be allowed to sub in, either individually, or as a whole crew, freeing up the understrength crew to disperse and support the others (a pretty good suggestion).
This was IMMEDIATELY dismissed by Hall and being unworkable. Why, you might ask? Some of those officials have beards, and well beards just aren't allowed here.
What the what??? So you, donkey, would rather inconvenience an entire student body and their families, the faculty, and the community, not to mention fly in the face of the national tradition of "Friday Night Lights" just so that you don't have any facial hair on the field? Seriously? Does the beard hamper their ability in some way? Embarrassing...
I think we all know the real reason... Hall doesn't want outsiders from better managed associations to get in here and see what is doing. This goofus would rather screw over all those kids, communities, faculties, etc, just to protect his control and his pride.
This doofus has no oversight and is accountable to nobody. Someone really needs to take a look at what is doing with Hall and the Officials Association.
(Again, this is NOT a shot at the hard-working crews who are so giving of their time. You guys are the best and deserve better leadership.)