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Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser
I fly 150K to 200K miles a year in my regular job. Flying takes a LOT out of you. It's not just the dry air and the change in pressure, it's dealing with the logistics, security, tight schedules, luggage, etc. Driving 8 hours would be worse, I agree, but flying regularly is no picnic, either.
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This is right. Additionally, basketball is played during the winter and that brings other issues with flight cancellations and such.
For those of you who mentioned newer officials making mistakes, I have two reasons why that isn't an issue.
1. Officiating is as competitive as it has ever been and officials prepare for games like never before.
2. You are kidding yourself if you think all officials working D1 are that good. Many officials are hired, hid on a good crew and gain experience to be good enough over several years. Also, many officials who work many D1 games aren't necessarily good-great officials, or communicators. They are people who can take a bunch of crap, not penalize it and keep on keeping on - safe officials. It has turned into somewhat of a situation where doing the right thing for the game will make your stay at the D1 level short.
Don't take me the wrong way, there are some very good officials who make it to the D1 level and are already there. I just think that to say someone is good because they make it to the D1 level would be wishful thinking.
Something that always makes me laugh: the NCAA video is made during the NCAA tournament. Isn't this when the best officials are supposed to be working?