Two women in stripes - newspaper article

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Old School

Ya-but, the players cycle thru every 3rd or 4th year. The officials are there for life. Why not cycle the officials thru as well. The competitive selection process is not that competitive if you got the same guys working the big games every year. I think the argument here is once selected, it should not be for life.

Reality is that there are always several new people each and every year. Sure there are some that stay in the top and work 5-7 tourney over 10-12 years but that number is not big. Those complaining about no one else getitng a shot are simply ignoring the new people that really are geting in and focusing the fraction that do work multiple years.