[M&M Guy]

REFVA - there might also be other factors at work, such as how close are the officials that were hired to the schools in the conference, vs. how close are you? Did you tell the supervisor you could only work at certain schools during the week because you can't get the time off work? Maybe the others have jobs that will let travel to all of the schools, any day of the week. Some supervisors hire a certain number officials from certain geographical areas, and perhaps there are already enough officials from your particular area.

Ability is important, but as others have said, there are many factors outside of ability alone. Do your best to control what you can; sometimes it's just a matter of luck whther you get hired.