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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
Heck, Ted Valentine worked a year of HS ball before starting D-I, if I remember correctly. I think there might have been at least one ref who had a D-I schedule before a varsity HS one.
About Bruce Benedict, I've heard lots of talk about using politics to move up - while knowing people can be a huge advantage at some times, a blind guy who can't blow a whistle but who has friends is not going to become a D-I ref!!
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When I attend Tollivers's camp a couple of years ago, one of the instructors (Tony Brothers) told me that he got picked up for D-1 before he ever did varsity HS. Tony said his assignor did not like his smart mouth and would not assign varsity. Tony was an excellent instructor and I have seen him several times on T.V.