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	Quelle: NFHS 16. August 2001
	Schiedsrichter nennen Jobanforderungen als Grund für ihr Aufhören Umfrage der National Federation of State High School Associations (USA)
	INDIANAPOLIS, IN (August 16, 2001) - In a nationwide survey of high school sports officials conducted online by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), career/job demands was cited as the most frequent reason that men and women leave the avocation of high school officiating. Of the 463 respondents to the survey, all of whom had resigned as active officials in their respective states, 167 listed career/job demands as one of the reasons that they left officiating. Other top reasons cited by the former officials were poor sportsmanship by participants (105), poor sportsmanship by spectators (96), time away from family/friends (84) and low game fees (83). All sports were included in the survey, but basketball, football, volleyball, soccer, baseball and softball officials responded most often. Demands from their jobs or careers was the most frequent response by officials in all sports. Poor sportsmanship by spectators ranked second in basketball, football, soccer and softball. Volleyball officials ranked time away from family/friends as the No. 2 reason, while baseball umpires cited low game fees as their second most frequent reason for leaving officiating. In the breakdown between male and female respondents, females who had left the avocation of officiating ranked time away from family and friends much higher than the male respondents, although both males and females cited career/job demands as the top reason. The survey also looked at years of experience by those leaving the officiating ranks. Of the 463 respondents, 249 dropped out of officiating after 10 years or less. Although career/job demands was still a prominent reason that this group listed for leaving officiating, the 102 respondents in the range of six to 10 years of experience cited poor sportsmanship by participants and poor sportsmanship by spectators as the top two reasons they chose to leave officiating. The respondents who left officiating with more than 25 years of experience cited voluntary retirement and personal health as the main reasons they ended their officiating careers. "I think most people expected poor sportsmanship to be the top reason why people were leaving the officiating ranks, so we were a little bit surprised that career/job demands was the chief reason across the board," said Mary Struckhoff, NFHS assistant director and staff liaison to the National Federation Officials Association. "There is not a lot we can do to impact problems that officials have with regard to career/job demands, so our focus needs to be on sportsmanship issues, which overall was the No. 2 reason listed by the respondents. "The breakdown by years of experience will be very helpful as we develop our NFHS Officials Education Program. We will also be working with high school athletic administrators in an attempt to improve sportsmanship at high school athletic events. Improving the level of sportsmanship is a complex issue, because there are so many different groups of individuals involved, but we will continue to work with athletic directors nationwide through the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association." The survey was conducted via the NFHS Web site (nfhs.org), and several state high school associations sent out the Web address to targeted officials who had resigned from officiating. The survey is still available on the NFHS Web site, and Struckhoff said the NFHS will continue to seek more feedback on this subject as the Officials Education Program is developed and implemented across the country.