On Cold Pizza this morning they said the NCAA might be looking into a new way to make the refs more consistent. They would get rid of the classes of refs like SEC officials, etc. and make a pool of refs that would be randomly selected to call the games. This way all the refs would have equal expierence calling games in each conference where the styles of play differ. What do yall think of this idea?
I think the only fix is more officials on the field with less area of responsibility per official. There has been mistakes in more than just SEC games. It just gets worse every year.
I heard some talking head on tv said that also but I don't see what good it would do. If I am from the PAC 10 and am in the booth for say a Florida vs SEC game , wouldn't the temptation be to lean towards a call that helps Florida loose to pump up USC to a solid #2. The combinations are huge. Even within conferences. Replay should also be used to weed out bad calling refs. If the plays are being reviewed and someone is making terrible calls or non calls, back to high school you go and loose your opportunity to use the mic at misfield. You are demoted, LOSER.
Well as for replay they either just need to ditch it or the presidents need to just get off the cash stash they have and pay for a system like the NFL. What they have now is a very sucky replay system if you can even call it that. B
Other than the obvious differences about the way it's used. What is it that you like about the NFL system.
even IF the conferences decided to pay refs, it would take years to obtain the types of improvements that paid officials would allow. But the advantage would be sustained consistency and quality. Once again, the school presidents are NOT good sheppards of the game. They don't want to pay for it for fear they'll be obligated to do it for all their sports. The impact wouldn't be anywhere near the magnitude of Title IX, but it would a significant cost increase to already strapped budgets. Such a move would also take the Pre$idents one step nearer the door at the end of the hall which they are so deathly fearful of getting closer to ..... the door that opens the way to taxation of CFB as an entertainment business. If you don't think Congress is beginning to sniff around, you'd be in the neighborhood of the naive. IMHO, the root cause of the problem in the SEC (not certain about other conferences) is the political nature of the selection process for the referees allowed to officiate. It's not neccessarily how good of an official you are, it's whether you're connected or not. The problem is compounded when you consider that one of the screening criteria is the income level of the candidate. IOW, you need to be yankin' down some benjaminz just to be seriously considered. There are some excellent refs throughout the lesser divisions and juco ranks that quite frankly cannot afford to run with some of the folks on the inside of officiating's inner circle. Politically speaking, they are probably (but not certainly) at a disadvantage. Anyway, I hope they get the replay issue fixed. Surely a comprehensive training regimen and some technology improvements would go a long way to improving the current situation in the short run. However, in the long run, our individual loyalty as fans continues to allow the university presidents free reign to avoid their responsibilities as stewards of CFB. (stepping down from soapbox)
Its not really about how its used. Its the idea that they sold everyone on. I think most people thought when they heard College Football would be getting replay was the same as the NFL. The systems are nothing alike and what college football has is a very basic system that probably does more harm than the good it was supposed to project. If they don't want to pay the money for a modern system that offers options and state of the art then just scrap it and go back to letting the calls be made by the officials and live with it. What they have now will never work :dis: I don't want to say that the NFL system if perfect cause we all know it isn't but it is light years ahead of what the college system has and the sad thing is the NFL has had some years working out some of the bugs to make it better with upgraded technology, etc. Yet the College folks didn't even seem to look at this type of system and implent at least some of the features. B
That sounds good but show me an honest man. :yelwink2: Would you want a referee from Texas, this year, officiating the SEC Championship game when one team had a chance at a BCS Bowl and the other with two losses?
