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Originally Posted by voiceoflg
I would LOVE to have an official help me with the broadcasts, both baseball and football.
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This is difficult to do well. The broadcast official needs to be able to explain rules to non-officials in an accurate yet accessible way, and to do it on the spur of the moment. That takes you down below 5% of officials in my experience: few of us are Mike Pereira.
Then he or she must be able to discuss a situation in a game without throwing the game officials under the bus. That adds another layer of difficulty.
And, of course, you have some states (like mine) that prohibit officials from speaking to the "media" about contests and officiating. So you'd need special permission to do that here.