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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
So based on the responses in the this thread, I believe everyone here has proven the PAC 12 coaches' point: The PAC 12 doesn't have access to the same quantity of quality officials that the other 5 Big Boy conferences have.
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Possibly, but it may also come down to instruction. Then again, I don't get to watch enough Pac 12 ball to really make a judgment on the quality.
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
Sure it is. There just are not very many schools very close out west. Even though there are a few very big cities, there are only a few. Everything is spread out. Instead of a 1-2 hour flights or even a drive, you've got 3-5 hour flights to get to/from your next location. Or, you don't even have a major airport close to the school and you've got a flight and a drive or a flight and some puddle hopper connector.
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In the East it isn't even a matter of flying. In the pre-major expansion version of the Big East you could hit every school using Amtrak if you wanted to. Pitt and Syracuse were the only places where officials really needed to fly. Every other school was along the Northeast Corridor. The smaller D-1s (Ivy, Northeast, MAAC) fall into that category now.
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