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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by dave30
These are college officials. I doubt if they just walked in the gym one day and decided to officiate. They obviously know their job or they wouldn't get college ball.
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I'm not sure you can safely assume that. In areas with a shortage of officials, an assignor may take whoever s/he can get and hope to train them along the way.
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I work the a little bit in the RMAC in football. This conference is a feeder for the Big 12 and the Mountain West, at least in football. The officials that I have worked with are certainly not someone who walked off the street. As for basketball, I haven't worked any RMAC games. I have however been to a couple camps that they use to select officials. I do know a couple guys that got picked up last year. They certainly are very capable officials, and I would be surprised to learn that they stepped in and were the best officials in the conference. So by that logic I am pretty sure that they have qualified officials. With that said however, I fear it won't be long and Chuck's point will be true more often than not....