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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 2048002, member: 1220"] A lot of good points addressed by previous posters. I think the main problem with officiating especially in high tempo games like football and basketball, is that it has not progressed with the game. All sports used to be played purely for recreation and officials were pulled literally out of the stands. Most of the time they were ex players. As the level of the sports advanced the officiating drug slowly behind. It takes specific skills to be a good official. One has to be in good shape, have excellent vision and be able to process that visual information very quickly. The problem is that those that do not possess these skills are not weeded out early enough so that the officials are just the best of a bad lot. To officiate at most levels one just needs to apply and know the rules. What I would suggest is that officiating be treated like a vocation. It should be taught in school like any other vocation. Those who do not possess the modicum of visual, physical or intellectual standards should be weeded out before even being accepted. Even the officials in the NFL were long treated as purely a part time'rs. Hey we have a local high school principle who was lead official in a past Super Bowl. The games ( college and Pro) are too important and involve too much money to have part timers deciding games. They had a billion dollar product controlled by a mom and pow level officiating operation. There will always be mistakes and wrong calls being made, but at least those who do not have the qualifications could be weeded out early. [/QUOTE]

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