Too good to call lower?

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by TPS2859
I too would like to know why the signals being properly used not a big deal? I've seen refs use signals that I wonder what book they got them from. Such as the over the back call... they look like a monkey hanging from a branch on the call to the bench. Or how about the "slid the hip over" to indicat a block call. Lots of discussion on looks from shiny shoes to no belted pants as far as profesionalism so how about proper signals.

I will give you a good example, because the NF is the only ones that make us hold our hand up for an out of bounds play. So many college officials will never hold their hand up to call and out of bounds play. And before this year, we were the only ones required to "birddog" for a foul, regardless of how obvious it is. Now because many that are on the committee are indirectly or directly influenced by the NCAA, they got rid of the birddogging. But I bet you will not see a college official with belted pants. You also will see many college officials with some white on their shoes. Why, because the conferences do not have this "the shoes must be all black or else" policies. They allow a logo to show as long as the shoe is black. And the shinny shoes, I know many D1 officials that where them.

And also understand, the level of professionalism is completely differnet at the college level, then it will ever be at the HS level. Just to do a D3 or JUCO game, I have to be at the site an hour and a half before game time. If I am not mistaken, you have to be there over 2 hours before a D1 game. If you are not there at that time, you are considered late and can affect your future at that level or conference. It is much more than the rules that are different when you get to the college level.

So when officials that have achieved a certain level are not trying to impress someone to get a chance. They have already proven themselves as to what they do. So if you think you should be doing the same thing as a person that is only doing one JH game, because he might have been asked that day to fill in, I really do not know what you really expect. I know when I officiate, I am trying to get HS playoff games. Well many that are college officials are not availible for HS post-season. If they are like many, they are trying to get NCAA College Post-Season Assignments. I do not know that I would be concerned about whether I birddog or not.

Peace