Big Sky Suspends 3 Men's Officials

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

I sat with a fellow high school official at a state quarterfinal game a few nights ago. He is also a NCAA Womens Division III official. He told me that he has been told by the higher ups in his association that he cannot expect to move up as quickly as female officials in his association.

This comes as no surprise. I've seen some really strange rankings in NCAA regional polls and the disparity seems to be that the womens' teams coached by men sometimes get ranked poorly. Site selections (based on those rankings) for regional tournaments are surprising too.