Regionalism in Officiating

[drothamel]

I didn't want to take up space on the other thread, but an interesting discussion was beginning there...

The comment was made in that thread that West Coast officials are more laid back than East Coast. I contend that officials in the South are very different from officials in the Northeastern part of the East Coast. There is a definite style difference that I have experienced. Just spent some time with officials from Texas and the midwest, and their philosophies seemed closer to those in the Southeast, but just a bit different.

It all begs the question-- Just how regional is officiating?