Battle of the referees

[rrshock]

Spending a lot of money to go to camps put on by D1 evaluaters/assigners. I've heard stories where 100 guys can show up and they're only hiring for 1 or 2 spots. And it's not cheap to go to these things.

And those 2 probably knew the guy that was hiring.

[Belludi]

Does anybody remember the good ole days when the WuShock would bring out a blowup doll of a referee and beat the sh!! out of it at halftime! Halairous!!!

[Ricardo del Rio]

He's got to make a living somehow. I think that he felt pressured to get back to the nursing home and it affected his judgement.

<giggles>

[wu_shizzle]

I still remember when Wu would pull out the striped shirt and white cane.

[rrshock]

I still remember when Wu would pull out the striped shirt and white cane.

Me too. When did they stop that?

[wu_shizzle]

Me too. When did they stop that?

When the NCAA was taken over by effeminate men...

I keed, I keed.

[ABC]

The pep band also used to play "Three Blind Mice." I think the NCAA put a stop to both the song and the blind fold/cane routine. It was funny stuff.

Maybe it was offensive to the visually impaired, and rodents.

[ShockRef]

Yes

Spending a lot of money to go to camps put on by D1 evaluaters/assigners. I've heard stories where 100 guys can show up and they're only hiring for 1 or 2 spots. And it's not cheap to go to these things.

Correct, to a certain point. It is definitely not cheap to go & work.


Most camps @ the D-1 level will run you ~1K for a weekend of hard work.

When you consider camp fee, transportation to and from, hotel, food etc, yea, it's close to 1K.

If you are what they are looking for, it usually takes 2 or 3 camps to get picked up.

Surprised?

99.9% of fans don't have a clue of what it takes or how much goes into the process.


Just doing my part to help all of SN have a better understanding.

That is all.

[SHOXAAC]

Correct, to a certain point. It is definitely not cheap to go & work.


Most camps @ the D-1 level will run you ~1K for a weekend of hard work.

When you consider camp fee, transportation to and from, hotel, food etc, yea, it's close to 1K.

If you are what they are looking for, it usually takes 2 or 3 camps to get picked up.

Surprised?

99.9% of fans don't have a clue of what it takes or how much goes into the process.


Just doing my part to help all of SN have a better understanding.

That is all.

No offense intended, but the system is obviously flawed.

I get that it is a hard job. A good officials brain has to be tightly and instantly correlated to his eyes and be able to in the moment make good judgements. The overall quality of officials in general isn't getting better unfortunately.

[jcdshocker]

I still remember when Wu would pull out the striped shirt and white cane.

The refs assessed a T against WU and that was the end of it.

[ShockTalk]

The refs assessed a T against WU and that was the end of it.

Yup. Sensitive b*tches weren't they.