[JRutledge]

I understand what you are saying, but my original point had nothing to do with money. I think that the fact that Cuban thinks that the best of the best in college want to do NBA games, is really out there. If you are a Big 10 Official, you can be around a lot longer than many of the coaches and defintely the players. You are not going to have to deal with a Luke Reackor (sp?) for 15 years. But if you have been officiating in the NBA for 20 years, you have had to deal with MJ off and on for around 15 years. At least in college it is much more about the name on the front of the jersey and not the one on the back. I would rather be a college ref than be an NBA ref any day. Not because the players are not good, but at least Indiana-Illinois is not going to change that drastically from year to year. But the Bulls-Lakers is going to be completely different from year to year because of free agency and many other factors that.

Rasheed Wallace is not going to respect a guy that makes only a small percentage compared to his yearly salary. At least most of the college players will never play or have a chance in the NBA. How many player Ts do you see during a college season as compared to an NBA season? That plays a big factor for me, I am not sure about everyone else. Money is not everything. And it is not like college officials do not make big money doing other things. Usually they are very well paid at other jobs.

Peace