One-eyed Referee Sues Big Ten Over Firing

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Originally Posted by KenThree

While this is certainly unfair to the official involved, if the facts as presented are 100% accurate, the decision to sue was also a decision that likely ended his career at that level and many others as well. I hope he did not make it lightly.

In this litigious society we have all created, I find it hard to believe that any official at that level who complains and then sues will find a lot of propsective employers. Commissioners simply don't want problems.

This is not to indict the official, but to say that this is an example of the dilemmas we all face where the supply of people willing to do the job quietly is greater than the demand for people of exceptional skill.

While much more trivial than being released because of an unfortunate change in physical condition, we all know that if we complain about the conditions surrounding the games we work or the criteria for which we are hired, we have much less of a chance to actually get more assignments.

Not fair, but a truth of officiating.

The decision that he will never work D-1 football has already been made. Not by the official but by the Big Ten. At this point, there's not much to lose.