Playoffs

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Ref inSoCA

You answered you own question "I think I'm beginning to be a good referee".

The key word is beginning. To be brutally frank, a 3rd year official has no business working a playoff game.

It takes at least 5 years to be a competent official. Here, no 3rd year official got a playoff game. Maybe their 4th year.

I disagree with this statement only because all officials do not have the same level of competency. I agree that it takes years to be a better official, but some people get it better than others. Some people played the game or coached the game for years and then they come to officiate when they already have some clues as to what they would need to do. As compared to someone that never played in HS let alone in the back yard and wants to become an official in that particular sport. And football is also is such a positional sport for an official that you might be exceptional at one position and terrible at another.

Peace