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Guys, the pay/game fee isn't the issue. The issue is who is hiring the officials. Each conference hires/assigns its' own staff (and they are VERY reluctant to relinquish that responsibility). If Art Hyland (assignor of the Big East) wants to hire official X to work on Tue. night, he has know idea that official X is working for Rick Boyages (assignor of the Big Ten) on Mon. night.
The only way to limit the number of games that officials work, is to create a system whereby the NCAA is responsible for assigning ALL games....one idea that has been discussed is to have NCAA Regional Assignors - who would assign officials for ALL schools located within their region (regardless of conference affiliation); an official would work ONLY in that region (probably the region where the reside). Under that system, the NCAA could control how many games/dates an official would work.
From what I've been told, there is already a battle brewing between the power conferences (Big Ten for sure) and the current NCAA officiating leadership. It will be interesting to see how that plays out and if any significant current occurs.
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