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Originally Posted by 7IronRef
It is relevant and to dismiss it as having no relevance is narrowminded. Former players are getting opportunities to move up faster in part because of their understanding of the game.
Are there good officials who never played the game? I am sure there are, but former players understand the game better.
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Can you, for the purposes of this discussion, define "former players?" College? High School? Intramural?
I know of very few officials who never played basketball at any level. The fact is, most people who never played at all just aren't interested enough in the game to officiate it. I know of one such official, but only one. That's not a sample size worthy of determining the validity of your claim here.