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Originally Posted by GarthB
The NFL uses the two Arena leagues and NFL Europe as training grounds. I believe no official has gone straight from college ball to the NFL in at least the last five or six years.
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That is not entirely true. There were two guys in my association that got to the NFL directly from the Big Ten in the past 4 years or so. Remember these leagues play football in the normal off-season. They can be active D1 officials and still work NFL Europe or Arena Ball at the same time. Usually an NFL prospect is going to work both for a couple of years if they are being seriously considered. There is no magic formula to getting hired by the NFL. I just know the two guys I know never stopped working D1 ball until they got hired by the NFL. Also many Arena League officials are current D1 officials. There are many that are in my association that currently work both D1 in the fall and Arena League in the spring and summer. The current assignor for the Arena League belongs to my association and is a current Big Ten crew chief.
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