[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

If the smaller leagues did it without the top leagues, it would hurt the smaller leagues.

But, if the top conferences made it a requirement for thier leages, do you really think those top officials would chose to give up the ACC, SEC, PAC10, etc. games and, instead, take the Mid-America, Big Sky, etc. games?

Sure, that would keep the top officials from working the smaller conferences in between the bigger games...but the ACC, SEC, etc. would not be that concerned for the officiating of the smaller conferences. They primarily care about thier own games.

You also have guys who work ACC one day, Big East the next, A-10 the next. You also have mid-Majors who are trying to move to the next level and hiring top notch officials. They are willing to have an official work the Big-10 one day and their own conference the next. Unless you get at all the majors to agree it will never work.