Why do High School officials dislike College officials so much?

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

If college is the priority and you only work the minimum, why should you "expect" anything?

Because they did the work that was required to be eligible for the post-season.

The guys and gals that made HS their priority deserve those post-season games...

And nobody's saying that they shouldn't work the post-season. I don't understand why that generates friction. Everybody who meets the state's requirements for eligibility should get consideration for post-season games. Right? I mean, how can anybody argue against that?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Because they did the work that was required to be eligible for the post-season.

Exactly. There are minimum requirements established to be eligible for considersation. If you meet the requirements, you should "expect" to be given consideration. Along with every other person who met the requirements.

From that pool, one would also reasonably expect that those officials who can best do the job will be selected. Funny enough, often that means those officials who have excelled at even higher levels will be chosen.

You can argue all day long about whether those officials work higher levels because they're better, or whether they got better by working higher levels. You can even posit that some are just lucky schmucks who really don't even deserve good HS varsity games. C'est la vie.