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First piece of advice...read my signature line.....
I am not a football official, but have officiated other sports for a number of years. I started out in basketball and your post mirrors what I was thinking after about three years as a basketball official...
"Why aren't I moving up?"
"I'm a better official than most of the guys doing varsity ball..."
"I work hard and listen to all my evaluators and try to do what they say..."
"The good-ole-boy network is keeping me down...."
The best advice that I heard (but did not listen to) at that time was; Work to be the best official you can be. Take your satisfaction from that...if you are good enough, the better assignments and playoff games will follow.
If you gripe about your assignments or other officials, it gets back to assignors and commissioners. That can block your climb up the officiating ladder faster than just about anything else.
Keep working to become a better official, don't ever think you have "arrived", and keep your mouth shut....it will all work out.
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It's what you learn after you think you know it all that's important!
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