When Opportunity Knocks

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Ultimate shortcut? I doubt it. I suspect most of them have been working just as long and just as hard as the one's they're replacing. They just didn't have the right connections at the right times to get the job or just missed the cut.

There are no D1 NCAA officials working as replacements, so it is not guys "who just missed the cut". And by the age of a lot of the replacements I've seen, there are not a lot of up-and-comers either.

I'm sure there are exceptions, but by-and-large it seems to be guys who have plateaued at the D2/D3 level.