ranjo,
Thanks for the blast from the past. I haven't heard that term (the peter principle) since my college business classes. I see that principle in the company I work for quite a bit.
I know that college referee contracts are "year to year" and assignors only look as good as their officials. For that reason, I would think that college officials (for the most part) aren't hired back unless they perform every year.
For high schools, I guess it depends on the particular ratings system used for your area. One thing I like about our system (peer ratings) is that officials are probably the best judge of when one of their peers is sliding backwards in their officiating ability. I do not know of any system that can completely eliminate politics and a lack of integrity so there will always be exceptions.
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