Physical tests...

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Except even with the rules test, you're still "picking a number" to determine who's eligible to work what level. Who's to say that someone that scores a 70 has sufficient rules knowledge to work a game? Why not bump it up to 80 or 90+ since as officials, we should know the rules inside and out?

A 70 really isn't very good when you consider that you can score approximately 50 on the NFHS exam without even reading the questions....but it is a minimum to be considered with other factors. In Oregon, you have to get 90+ to qualify for post-season games. The allowance for missing a few accounts for those odd questions that are just poorly worded....there really aren't that many and you should only miss 2-3 for that reason.

There are a lot of people who like to argue that tests (even properly administered0 are not really useful....but they would often be the same people to screw something up when something less common occurs. They're used to depending on other attributes (also good to have) but they will not be enough to get them out of a sticky rules situation.