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Originally Posted by jTheUmp
I've met a few NFL officials at some of the clinics/meetings that I've attended. At one point, one of them went over the grading process they go through for every play of every game.
I don't remember all the details, but I do remember that, in order to be 'playoff qualifed' (which doesn't mean quite what you think... if you miss the cut for being playoff qualified 3 times, you get let go), the Umpire (who has the most margin for error of all the officials, due to the fact that he has the most players to watch on any given play), has to be correct 98.75% of the time. Deep officials (FJ, SJ, BJ) have to be correct 99.5% of the time.
I'm sure the NBA, NHL, MLB, FIFA, etc all have similar grading systems in place.
The takeaway: if you think a pro-level official got the call wrong... he/she almost certainly didn't.
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We have three NFL Officials in an association I belong to and they talk all the time about how they are graded on plays and the type of things they get downgraded for, even when they are not directly involved. It happens at the college D1 level as well. It does not appear to be as common at the D1 Basketball level, but it is getting there. The problem in college basketball are there are so many games and officials that they do not seem to review every play like the NBA yet and they certainly do not tell the officials the way they do in the NBA what they got right or wrong (at least in the same way).
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