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<blockquote data-quote="Curls" data-source="post: 971886" data-attributes="member: 46674"><p>This is the nail hit on the head here.</p><p></p><p>I was involved in refereeing to a relatively high level and aspired to go as high as I could but my career would not allow for it and I know that is the same for a lot of guys. If someone was busting a hump to get out from work to ref and then got passed over unfairly for advancement they jacked it in. I saw 5 or 6 really top notch guys with bags of potential tell the union that they just couldn't fit it round work anymore.</p><p></p><p>The ex player argument is interesting. In theory you would think that it would be seamless but in my experience a lot of them are expert in their own piece of the puzzle and not so great at others. The problem is unions take a guy, say an injured pro, and they decide they want him to referee at the level he played with 2 seasons. So now you have top national level games being officiated by inexperienced referees. The guys who have done 3/4 years with potential to come through then see this and decide that negotiating that half day mid week to referee or train around work etc is not worth it especially if you need to put food on that table.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Curls, post: 971886, member: 46674"] This is the nail hit on the head here. I was involved in refereeing to a relatively high level and aspired to go as high as I could but my career would not allow for it and I know that is the same for a lot of guys. If someone was busting a hump to get out from work to ref and then got passed over unfairly for advancement they jacked it in. I saw 5 or 6 really top notch guys with bags of potential tell the union that they just couldn’t fit it round work anymore. The ex player argument is interesting. In theory you would think that it would be seamless but in my experience a lot of them are expert in their own piece of the puzzle and not so great at others. The problem is unions take a guy, say an injured pro, and they decide they want him to referee at the level he played with 2 seasons. So now you have top national level games being officiated by inexperienced referees. The guys who have done 3/4 years with potential to come through then see this and decide that negotiating that half day mid week to referee or train around work etc is not worth it especially if you need to put food on that table. [/QUOTE]
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