Get recruited for NCAA official

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Ref_ Fred

Ok, let's cut to the chase. I've been getting lot's of compliments from veteran officials about my work and have been asked if I considered the next level. I live in the Northern Virginia area. Am I being foolish setting my sights on doing NCAA at least D3 based on my age?

Fred, I have similar thoughts. I didn't start til I was 37 and I'll be 42 next month. Being divorced with 13 & 7 year-old boys plus working full-time I flip-flop constantly on whether or not I'm wasting good energy by chasing the college dream that I could utilize elsewhere.

A good place to start to get your feet wet with college ball would be the MACBOA, which assigns all the JuCo games in Maryland plus they are responsible for Columbia Union College in the DC suburbs. They hold their try-out camp every July the weekend after Independence Day at American University. There are a lot of NorVA guys on staff. http://www.macboa.org/main.html