The most nonsensical tweets ever tweeted?

Adam

Rich wrote
Quite a few officials would get rid of that conference, then.

Conferences already have the choice of not hiring the guy working 90+ games a season. Then they hire them anyway.

And this is what it comes down to.

Raymond

Adam wrote
One of the low level college (D2, I think) conferences around here has restricted their football officials from working high school football. We lost a few of our high school guys when that happened.

Yes, I remember reading about that. Rocky Mountain Conference, or something like that.

Adam

BadNewsRef wrote
Yes, I remember reading about that. Rocky Mountain Conference, or something like that.

Yep, RMAC.

Adam

I think the real problem would be one of collusion. If the conferences somehow got together and decided to individually institute some sort of restrictions on outside activity against their contractors, I'm not sure that would be legal. Is there an anti-trust exemption for college sports?

Raymond

Adam wrote
I think the real problem would be one of collusion. If the conferences somehow got together and decided to individually institute some sort of restrictions on outside activity against their contractors, I'm not sure that would be legal. Is there an anti-trust exemption for college sports?

No, I think any kind of exemption went out the door back in the 80's when college football started making its way to multiple broadcasters.

Adam

BadNewsRef wrote
No, I think any kind of exemption went out the door back in the 80's when college football started making its way to multiple broadcasters.

I was thinking there was no exemption, which means the conferences could get into trouble for colluding. They could easily find any contractual restrictions unenforceable.

Not that they couldn't decide not to hire the guys next year if they violate the contracts this year. But the guys who are getting 90 games a year are getting them for a reason.

One potential avenue would be for the NCAA to simply state anyone who works more than 75 (pick a number, really) NCAA games in a season is ineligible for post-season work. The guys who want to work in the tournament would suddenly police this themselves.

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There's a difference for football. I know D1 football guys who aren't allowed to work HS ball cuz Friday is their travel day.

BillyMac

BadNewsRef wrote
You control that.

I believe that that's what I said:

BillyMac wrote
We allow him to do this by "telling" Arbiter to show him our high school schedule.

Raymond

BillyMac wrote
I believe that that's what I said:

This confused me: "It doesn't work the other way around, our high school assigner can't see our Catholic middle school assignments"

BillyMac

BadNewsRef wrote
This confused me: "It doesn't work the other way around, our high school assigner can't see our Catholic middle school assignments"

My high school assigner hasn't asked us to change our profile to allow that. My Catholic middle school assigner has a great relationship with my high school assigner, they both know that high school assignments take a higher priority over Catholic middle school assignments, even to the point of getting a last minute high school game a few hours before game time. If you already have a middle school assignment, call the middle school assigner, and go to the high school game.

Since I don't work NCAA games, I have no idea how my high school assigner prevents conflicts with NCAA assignments, however, I do know that he considers NCAA assignments to take a higher priority over high school assignments, in terms of closing out dates, turnbacks (no fines), etc.

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