Announcers wanted U to signal TD

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Forksref

He set officials back about 5 years. First, the U never signals TD and he was very overweight and his flag looked like crap, dangling from his pocket. All the things we talk about to make officials better, he was exactly the opposite.

Except that he's there in a D-I game. Are you a D-I official? Will you be a D-I official in 5 years? There are large officials in the NFL. Bernie Kukar did at least one season with the flag hanging from his front pocket. And he runs weird. And he could have been better on the mic. Did he send NFL officials 5 years back?

Edit: correct the spelling of Bernie's first name.

[sloth]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Except that he's there in a D-I game. Are you a D-I official? Will you be a D-I official in 5 years? There are large officials in the NFL. Bermie Kukar did at least one season with the flag hanging from his front pocket. And he runs weird. And he could have been better on the mic. Did he send NFL officials 5 years back?

I can share the frustration. You study the proper mechanics, you keep yourself fit and you maintian a clean professional appearence. Then you have an official that has made it to the higherst level looking like a first year underclass official. Are you going to tell me that this old boys judgement is that good that the other aspects of his work are overlooked? Is he better thab the thousands of other official that have good judgement and the rest of the package as well?

The more I do this thing, the more I feel like success is more to do with right place/right time or who you know.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by sloth

The more I do this thing, the more I feel like success is more to do with right place/right time or who you know.

Very often it is! And that's life. I've found that fitting in is just as important, perhaps more, than the job you do on the field.