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Originally Posted by TerpZebra
As a young (27 y/o) male who works NCAA Women's, I'd like to add my $0.02.
If you think it's only women who advance higher in women's basketball, you are sadly mistaken. Take Eric Brewton. He has been ref'ing D-I basketball for 6 years, and recently refereed the Final Four. Most importantly, he did a darn good job of it!
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I think you need to go back and read what was said or what others said. No one said that male officials cannot advance in women's basketball. I know I did not say that. What I said it was easier for female officials to advance much quicker in the women's game as compared to officials trying to advance in the men's game. I am not at all disputing the fact male officials working women's basketball cannot advance very fast at all. Either way there is example after example after example of officials on the women's side getting hired in a much less period of time than on the men's side. For one the women's side of basketball has one or two assignors for an entire region of D1 conferences. Where I live there is only one person that assigns any D1 conference you can think of in our area. If I wanted to work in the Big Ten, Conference USA, Mid-Con, MVC and the MAC, I am going to have to attend different camps and be seen by each assignor to get hired in each of these conferences on the Men's side. If I want to do the same thing on the women's side, I can attend one camp and I will be seen by the only person that assigns all these conferences. It is just not the same process or the same expectations.
Peace