Colorado officials shortage continues to take bite out of Friday night lights: by MattDSchubert copreps
But the first item on the docket is far from anything new — a shortage of high school sports officials that’s reached crisis levels throughout Colorado and the rest of the country.
As it stands entering the 2022 season, Book said there are just 19 crews in the Denver area available to officiate games, which is not enough to accommodate a continually growing high school football calendar. “The officials shortage has been around for a long time,” Book said, “but with adding teams every year, adding schools every year, losing officials, that gap has just gotten so much bigger. We’re just at the point where we’ve got to do something different.”
The pay at the high school level is often cited as an obstacle to retaining officials. And anyone who regularly attends high school sporting events knows how toxic things can get over the course of a highly competitive game. “How can we get crowds to be all-in for their team and not against the other team and not against the officials?” Book said. “That’s a big one.”
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