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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by sleebo
*As for the other 'debate', someone took a cheap shot, I fired back, and now we need to just move on. No harm, no foul...
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Before we move on. I'm kinda interested in the answer to Tom's question. I don't believe that you answered him.
You said you were in the SEC development program? What exactly does that mean?
1) Are you a current member of the SEC staff?
2) How does the SEC track your development? Do they assign you games at the college level-- i.e. junior college, D1,2,3 etc- and evaluate your progress at those games?
3) What ongoing training is the SEC providing you with? Who is responsible for your training- an SEC staff member?
4) How does one qualify to become a member of the SEC development program? Are you scouted and then asked to join? Iow, what are the requirements and qualifications needed to enter the program?
5) Is there a certain experience level required before you would be entered--i.e. regular season varsity high school experience for a certain number of years, state high school play-off appointments,small college schedule, etc?
6) Does this program actually assign games to you? At what levels?
Not a cheap shot. Just trying to understand the program.
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To answer the question:
You start at what they call the launching pad of the SEC camps which is IIOC. It is not about the money. You go there the first year, if you are good enough they will invite you back, and from there if they like you enough that year and last year they put you on scholarship and you go to these other places and ref more games. From there if you are good enough or they think you have potential, you get a contract by a conference in the SEC umbrella. From there you either climb the ladder or you don't.
This is how I have understood it. I could be wrong. I, like sleebo, am in the development program and hope to progress. Hopefully I can make it to the top along with sleebo.
#1)No
#2)They don't until you get college games
#3)I really don't know the answer to this one
#4)You just have to be seen by someone in the program. I got lucky, my mentor is an OVC official.
#5)No set amount of exp. required. We had a guy with us this year that was as green as you can come. Straight out of the box.
#6) They assign your college games.
Like I said earlier. I am just going on what I heard and how I percieved everything at camp. This might not be how it is.