PalmBeachSooner
11/3/2008, 02:34 PM
I posted this on the pay-per-view board and thought I'd share it with this group.
For those of you complaining about biased officials you might be happy to know that there are conferences who are taking a proactive approach to change this perception. I am a HS football official in Utah so I know a couple of MWC officials who shared this with me. You can find it on their website.
Beginning with the 2008 season, the officiating rosters of the Mountain West Conference and the Western Athletic Conference will be merged. This will result in a total of 10 crews. The Big 12 Conference officiating roster will be incorporated beginning with the 2009 season, thus establishing a single roster of officials to be utilized among the three conferences in a regional concept. All the officials will receive the same training, understand the same philosophies and utilize the same mechanics.
I don't know if this classified or not but for those of you curious a MWC official makes $1200 per game but all of their travel expenses are paid for. A Big 12 official makes $1800 per game but makes their own travel arrangements.
http://themwc.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mwc-08-m-footbl-officiating.html
For those of you complaining about biased officials you might be happy to know that there are conferences who are taking a proactive approach to change this perception. I am a HS football official in Utah so I know a couple of MWC officials who shared this with me. You can find it on their website.
Beginning with the 2008 season, the officiating rosters of the Mountain West Conference and the Western Athletic Conference will be merged. This will result in a total of 10 crews. The Big 12 Conference officiating roster will be incorporated beginning with the 2009 season, thus establishing a single roster of officials to be utilized among the three conferences in a regional concept. All the officials will receive the same training, understand the same philosophies and utilize the same mechanics.
I don't know if this classified or not but for those of you curious a MWC official makes $1200 per game but all of their travel expenses are paid for. A Big 12 official makes $1800 per game but makes their own travel arrangements.
http://themwc.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mwc-08-m-footbl-officiating.html