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Originally Posted by JoeyCrawford
I have seen this for about 2 years now and am so glad I got out of H.S. basketball.
Please tell me this happens elsewhere???
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To get a proper answer, you need to define "college" officials. Do you mean a D1 college official? Or do you mean the guys that might be working D2, D3 or JUCO ball out in the middle of nowhere because no one else is available at the times that the games are played, the money isn't really worth it for the travel/time lost, and the fact that some officials would rather work a local high school rivalry game in front of a packed house as opposed to working a D3 game 100 miles away in front of 13 people.
Iow, imo there is no possible one-size-fits-all answer available to your question. I've seen high school officials who I thought were quite capable of doing D1 games. I seen college officials at all levels that I thought should pay to get in the games they were officiating. I also seen college officials at the lower college levels that were quite capable imo of handling D1 games if they were ever given a chance.
Every case is different, every official is different, and generalization is inherently wrong imho.