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Originally Posted by Ref inSoCA
It takes at least 5 years to be a competent official.
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Shoot, I think it takes a year just to figure out where to stand and how to blow your whistle. Second year you might start to get a clue about all the rules and mechanics. Third year you should be starting to get a good sense of judgment and deportment.
As a general rule, I completely agree with the notion that if you've not done this for five years, you'd almost have to be a mutant to be good enough to deserve to work a playoff game that isn't in a small state.
Not saying it can't happen. But no matter how good you
think you are after 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 years, you can be better, and there are still lots of guys better than you.
It seems to me that a lot of guys forget how rough they were when they started out and they seem to think they've always been as good as they are now.