John Clougherty says it....

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ACC Coordinator of officials thinks (some) officials work too much.

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I think they work too much. There are times they are tired. I was tired. I worked 85 games in one year, and a lot of my guys work just as much. But a lot of them get their rest, in fairness to them.

They have a routine. They get to their site, they get lunch, they get a nap and they get ready for their game. Then they get ready for their next game. They take the first flight in the morning, they get to the site, they get lunch, nap and then they get ready.

I’m telling you, though, I think some of them work too much. They get tired. Does it affect their officiating? Some of my coaches think it does. I’m not certain that the numbers don’t prove it out.

I have no control over that. I wouldn’t even think about telling my top guys, who work multiple leagues, that they can’t do that. I have an option not to assign them ACC games. But once I assign them my ACC games, they have the right to go anywhere they want to referee after they get my games. Their commitment to me is to take my games first. They can then take those and go wherever they want. They’re independent contractors; I can’t tell them not to.