Little Caesars Bowl: Marshall vs. Ohio

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Originally Posted by jjrye22

...but are there REALLY enough qualified and motivated people out their willing to spend the time and effort to be high quality officials?

I just want to make sure that we are talking about the same thing. This is NCAA. The competition to get into (D3, NAIA) is pretty tough. The competition to move up to where she is at (small D1) is insaine. This is her 9the year on the field total. Not too many officials are working D1 bowl games by their 9th year. Is she good? Yes. Is she being promoted? Yes. I imagine that she is seeing similar treatment that someone with the last name of Perry or Houculi is seeing. The name can get you there, but your ability allows you to stay.

Originally Posted by jjrye22

Seems to me there are questions and lists every year looking for ideas to recruit and retain officials, and a lot of states are scaling back how many they put on the field.

I think this is at the high school level, at least all the one's I've seen are.