Switching from mens to womens

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I don't think that anyone who is only 26 has any business at the D1 level.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

WOW!!! Are you serious? And we know there's a certain age you think folks should have to retire, so what is your acceptable age range?

Since the other thread got cleaned up, here's where this subject was first broached.

Let's see. A guy at Northern Iowa University starts ref'n college intramurals when he is 18. At 22 he graduates and gets commissioned into the Army while jumping into HS officiating. In between deployments he continues to improve his officiating skills and decides to attend some college camps. At 25 he gets picked up in D2 & D3 conferences. At 26 he's a Captain in the Army with 3 deployments to Southwest Asia and he also gets picked up by a mid-major D1.

But according to Nevada, based strictly by age, this person doesn't have the necessary tools to officiate a D1 basketball game.