Burr???Welmer???

[LeeBallanfant]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

WTF? That doesn't make any sense to me.

Why is he allowed to officiate in the NIT and not the NCAA. Different standards??

[mightyvol]

Bob:

You need to calm down. Its not worth it letting these guys get to you.We understand that the officials that are selected to do these games are giving their best effort, the ones that dont think that are obviously fans.

[TRef21]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Nope, that's not the way it works. If you're good enough to work the Swwet 16, Elite 8 or Final 4, you work the 1st two rounds as well.

I know that's how it works... Sorry i forgot to put that in. I was thinking since it was Hank Nichols last year, maybe he wanted to do things a little different.

[HawkeyeCubP]

Someone post a photo of Jim Burr for me, please. I like putting faces to names.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP

Someone post a photo of Jim Burr for me, please. I like putting faces to names.

You're kidding....right?

You don't know who Jim Burr is?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP

Someone post a photo of Jim Burr for me, please. I like putting faces to names.

Are you really that lazy? It's quite easy to do yourself, you know...

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by LeeBallanfant

Why is he allowed to officiate in the NIT and not the NCAA. Different standards??

Because the NCAA is not the same people or organization that runs the NIT and certainly do not assign the officials the same way. The background checks are for the tournament, not all levels of basketball.

Peace

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by LeeBallanfant

So I guess its ok to fix an NIT Game, but not NCAA

what's your point?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by LeeBallanfant

Why is he allowed to officiate in the NIT and not the NCAA. Different standards??

Different requirements / different process / different organizations.

AFAIK, no one (at least, no official) has been accused of fixing any NCAA or NIT tournament games.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP

Someone post a photo of Jim Burr for me, please. I like putting faces to names.

Jim Burr is the one who's NOT whining like a baby. . .

[LeeBallanfant]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Because the NCAA is not the same people or organization that runs the NIT and certainly do not assign the officials the same way. The background checks are for the tournament, not all levels of basketball.

Peace

From the NIT website:

"A new chapter in the long and storied history of the NIT unfolded in August 2005, when the NIT, L.L.C., which is owned by the NCAA, took over the tournament reigns."

Obviously no English professor made it to their committee.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Jim Burr is the one who's NOT whining like a baby. . .

"HEY REF, NO HITCH HIKING ALLOWED"

[Dan_ref]

So just for the heck of it i did a google search on Jim Burr images... I can see why there might be some confusion over what he looks like because google included this picture in what they sent back to me:

[Scrapper1]

I have to admit that I'd never heard of Erin Andrews, but she's much nicer to look at than Jim Burr.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I have to admit that I'd never heard of Erin Andrews, but she's much nicer to look at than Jim Burr.

Geeze. Madeline Albright is nicer to look at than Jim Burr.