PAC 10 Officiating

[Rick Vietti]

If we are going to look at officiating in a statistical frame, then basing a conferences type of officiating on a total foul count is not sound stats.

Quantity has no correlation on performance. I have had blow out games where we call for example 20 fouls for the whole game for both teams. A tight game may have 10 fouls called in the last minute of play against one team, do to the fact that the team that is behind is trying to get the ball back.

Not a good measurement tool looking at quantity only!

If you are going to measure officiating calls throughout a game, a better method would be charting every call.

I believe charting over the course of a season would be a better measuring tool and could provide objective data.

Random feelings from one game or even several games do not stand up to objective analysis.