Surely a BASKETBALL refereeing co-ordinator should have a knowledge of BASKETBALL. He may be an experienced development officer but it appears that his expertise lies in FOOTBALL. What happens when he has to make decisions on a referees ability to officiate basketball. I may have missed it but I don't recall seeing this position advertised. Is this just another example of decisions being made by a smal number of people in Basketball SA (1+1) who don't posses the experience or knowledge to select a person (or at least the best person) for a position such as this.

ANON - "What happens when he has to make decisions on a referees ability to officiate basketball"

Where does it say that is part of his job description?

It was definitely advertised and I know a few of the refereeing fraternity applied however they were really after more money than was being offered/available.

They didn't go for a basketball person - damn if they do damned if they don't.

Doesn't take a basketball person to organise venues, marketing and people to run programs.

Doesn't take a basketball person to organise rosters for games

Doesn't take a basketball to chair the referee commission

There are enough basketball people who volunteer their time, skills and expertise to run courses and be remunerated for their expenses. Unfortunately the people with those skills are in higher paying positions BSA couldn't afford.

bluey, you do seem to be somewhat in the know. However, this person won't be doing any rostering or will he be chair of a 'referees commission'

Congratulations Tony, welcome to Basketball SA.

Is there still a "Referees Commission"????
Basketball SA and previously BASA have gone down this road before, selecting people from outside basketball to run a BASKETBALL association. It created problems before and those problems are still there now. There is also the ongoing problem of association staff having a conflict of interest from OPENLY being associated with a club and pushing the interests of that club in preference to pushing the interests of basketball as a whole.
BLUEY - why would a Referees Coordinator be organising venues, marketing and people to run programs? Rostering could be a problem if the coordinator can't evaluate a referees performance and doesn't get the right information as to rankings compared to game standards.

Pretty sure there is still a referee commission if it isn't called that I am not sure but there is definitely a group of people that gather to discuss referees at a committee level - whether it is a commission or not I am unsure.

ANON that is his job to organise programs for referee development - that is his title.

He is not there to run the association he is there to organise development of officials.

You obviously have some issues with the staff, because they have conflict of interest because they are involved in a club - yet you have a problem with someone with no affiliation with any club. Maybe the problem is your club doesn't have any representation and you feel that you are missing out.

Are you unhappy because didn't get the job or was it some other job you applied for and didn't get. You know it doesn't matter how long you hold that grudge nothing will change - the whole basketball world is out to get you.