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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
I dunno stripes. To hear some people talk, it's not that hard. You start out working high school games your first year and, magically, you're in D1 in 4 or 5 years! 
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To quote Johnny Gill, "There you go!!!"
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There you go, Rutledge.
Everytime I make a remark about someone saying something stupid, you think I'm talking about you!
The comments posted in this thread would seem to correctly indicate that it is very difficult to move up into the D1 level. But you porbably wouldn't agree, so tell us how easy it is.
stripes, making D1 with less than 10 years experience is certainly the exception, not the rule. One example is Joe DeRosa. Joe worked high school varsity ball for 3 years before moving to D1. He worked D1 for only 3 years before getting picked up by the NBA. He's been in the NBA for about 15 years now and is one of the top 15 officials in the league. But I can't tell you if or how long he worked in lower levels before working HS varisty