You Make The Call

[Brad]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

We have a lot of D1 officials in both basketball and football. We see them on TV, we know who is working and officials talk. So if someone tried to say they worked somewhere they didn't, it would be exposed very quickly. I can honestly say I do not see a lot officials lie about those kinds of things in my experiences.

Peace

I my experience, in officiating and outside of it as well, if you have to go around telling people who you are and what you do ... you aren't much of anything.

You're right that it isn't most people —*just a few.

[JRutledge]

I do not disagree Brad, but there are people in this business (and that is all I want to focus on) where we talk "shop." Your schedule or experience tends to come up. Now if someone is making a suggestive comment like was stated I agree. The reality here with working college ball myself and working with guys that actually work D1, I usually already know as well as others know who they are working with. Especially at the college ranks, we have either worked with those guys at camp or they were clinicians at camps we attended. I have worked with multiple people officials that were clinicians at D1 or lower level camps that I have attended as a camper. Not many easily pulling the wool over our eyes or able to make a suggesting that they were somewhere and we had to look it up on a website. We already know before we get in the locker room. Heck we can figure that out if you attend the NCAA meetings or attend the required staff meeting.

Peace