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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie
Football. From my experience and observation, it appears that basketball officials who become football officials do well, but the opposite transition doesn't work well at all.
Most of that observation about football officials going basketball came from back in the days of almost pure running game football with few pass-interference type (i.e. basketball-esque) calls. Now that may be different with the game going pass oriented at the high school and even jr. high levels.
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Football will make you a better rules official in basketball. Basketball will help you become a better judgment official in football. That is what someone told me a long time ago. I tend to agree.