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Originally Posted by JRutledge
I was not disagreeing at all, just adding to the fact that some parts of the country have fewer multiple levels of college ball to deal with. Or they have fewer so they do not care if D2 is assigned because they do not have that many games to deal with. In an area like mine, we are surrounded by JUCO, NAIA, D3 and D2 and people can work multiple games in the same basic area. There are areas that have absolutely no NAIA for example and NAIA in some cases pays more than D3 and JUCO. I have had assignors say, "A JUCO game is better than any D3 game." This might be true on paper, but there might be a better atmosphere in a D3 game than any JUCO game. I know officials out west for example that have no D3 in their area and they work a bunch of D2. Hard to do that here because a lot of D2 is given to guys that work D1 already and you are trying to get whatever they are not being considered for. Because if a JUCO assignor told me that he did not want me to get off a game to work a D3 game in my area, I might stop working for that person altogether. JUCO is probably in some cases better talent, but for the lack of a better word can be a shit show.
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I totally agree with everything you said. You have to know what a particular assigner views as a "better" game, but assigners who view themselves as on-par with higher-level leagues should STFU. Maybe convince your commissioner to pay as much money as those leagues and then you can start talking.
JuCo ball is incredibly hit or miss. I have worked in two different NJCAA conferences. The facilities, personalities, and level of play can be on either end of the spectrum. The only thing that is consistent from school to school is the pay, and I guess at the end of the day that is what matters. And both of those assigners are well aware that they are at the bottom of the totem pole and are always accommodating to their guys who get higher level games. That's the way it should be.