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@refva: Maybe I didn't say it very well, but what I trying to explain is that in a cboa assigned game, you will not see a cboa official and a non-cboa official. Your are right, as an independent contractor, you can work anywhere you choose to work. Not sure exactly what you meant by "tell you what to officiate". Because we use the Arbiter system, and you can "self assign" games, you can (generally) pick & choose any game/time/location you want. That being said, the system was originally set up so that 1st & 2nd year officials could not assign themselves to the more high level games. I was told this was done because most 1st and 2nd year officials did not yet have the skills for that level. This obviously isn't true for everyone.

@ocreferee: I know and have worked with your dad. He is a damn good official and my personal opinion is he should have been moved up earlier that he was. Cardinal has a pretty good training/advancement program. However, like most associations, we have officials that should have advanced quicker and some officials that should not have advanced. I have seen the association ask officials to go back through the summer evaluation program. We used to refer to this as the Flint Hill Program, because of where it was held.