Replay Officials Suspended

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Just read this interesting story regarding the San Diego St @ BYU game last week.

Cougar employee one of three suspended for botched BYU-SDSU replay | CollegeFootballTalk.com

Apparantly there was a SNAFU in a fumble challenge that was not over ruled by the replay official. The conference suspended all 3 people in the booth for one game for the mistake. It turns out one of the 3 people in the booth is a long time "employee" of BYU.

My question for you college football officals who know: Is it common for an employee of the host school or an alumni be in the replay booth and help make rulings?

I can see it possible since a home school employee might be familiar with the A/V equiptment being used in their stadium. But from an outsider point of view, it might appear to be a conflict of interest.

The assignor in my conference doesn't allow alumni to work conference games of the school that you graduated; non-league games are okay due to travel costs. Just looking for opinons/answers. Thanks.