Independent officiating

[Mikeiavelli]

I don't disagree with everything you're saying but just adding that officials are very much graded on every call they make or miss.

Officials who have good seasons get better Post season assignments. Officials who have repetitive poor games or seasons can be removed from the league. It happens and fans certainly never hear or realize it.

I remember probably 10 years ago (before replay) a MAC referee called intentional grounding in the end zone, resulting in a safety. Replay showed the official was out of position and made the wrong call (replay would have saved him today). Anyways, that was his last game...

How did this grading go when the ACC head of officiating came out saying that the GT game crew got the fumble call correct?

The ones doing the grading are probably just as corrupt or negligent as the field crew.

 

[Badbart43]

I don't disagree with everything you're saying but just adding that officials are very much graded on every call they make or miss.

Officials who have good seasons get better Post season assignments. Officials who have repetitive poor games or seasons can be removed from the league. It happens and fans certainly never hear or realize it.

I remember probably 10 years ago (before replay) a MAC referee called intentional grounding in the end zone, resulting in a safety. Replay showed the official was out of position and made the wrong call (replay would have saved him today). Anyways, that was his last game...

If that is the case then it needs to be re-worked because it is NOT working.

 

[CaneTheGaytors]

This is all over social media…and these were only some of the blatant no calls:

 

[SayWhat]

Why didn't they show or have a pilon cam on the safety against Clemson? I thought those things were standard everywhere.

I do get why the Chaney fumble wasn't reversed, but that safety one looked bad from what they had.

 

[Tad Footeball]

If the NHL of ALL leagues can afford to send replays to a centralized location in CANADA then the Power 4 of CFB should be able to do the freakin' same.

Drop the nonsense about overwhelming proof needed to overturn the call on the field by a crew of potential mongoloids that sell insurance during the week. Have your 3 "best" officials get the plum job of being the replay review crew in a dark room in Indianapolis (no conference bs). Those guys make the calls on a majority rule basis. Those guys then defend the calls publicly. We end up just having to live with any other non-replay related mistakes made by the actual on-field crews.

 

[Bender]

If I **** up and make mistakes, I'll get benched.

If they **** up and make mistakes, they'll... officiate another game next week as if notning happened.

There's no competition here.

 

[Badbart43]

It won't happen until some government entity forces the issue. Too much money changing hands behind the scenes.

 

[fraggle]

fsu whining, this is funny, especially when you look at the plays they are complaining about....

 

[YankeesCane]

How in this day and age of technology is there not a chip in the football to determine if it crossed the plain or a first down?

That would have also allowed Miami to correctly have a safety vs Clemson

Also, this nonsense of supposed forward progress has to stop. The Clemson QB was tackled in the endzone, safety. It shouldnmt be, in their mind, that progress was stopped outside the goal line

 

[Badbart43]

I am bringing this up again. The only reason this has not happened is that the conferences still want to control what teams succeed and what teams do not. I have seen too many egregious calls (non-calls) to accept that these are mistakes. I am convinced that the ACC decided that they wanted Clemson to make and win the conference this year.

 

[Savage Cane]

Control & Power are 2 of the most intoxicating substances known to mankind.

These people are willing to go to great lengths to protect themselves against losing these precious things.

Nothing and No one will make them relinquish this level of power and control.

Ultimately the unpredictability of sports is a problem to these individuals.

It’s also the fückin special sauce that keeps us coming back to the table year in year out.

 

[CanefaninBuckeyeland]

Control & Power are 2 of the most intoxicating substances known to mankind.

These people are willing to go to great lengths to protect themselves against losing these precious things.

Nothing and No one will make them relinquish this level of power and control.

Ultimately the unpredictability of sports is a problem to these individuals.

It’s also the fückin special sauce that keeps us coming back to the table year in year out.

That and poontang

 

[caneworld]

Start ratings officials based on their calls... use that for future games.

 

[Unsider]

At some point in the future (I won’t be alive to see it), but some form of AI is going to deployed to replace the yellow flag throwing minions. The field could have a mesh of sensors determining the progress of a microchip equipped ball, including the goal line. Gloves to ball to knee pad communication could determine fumbles. It could scan the field for holding and face masks and targeting. The possibilities…

I don’t know if it’s the dementia kicking in or the supplements I just took, but this ish a whole another level for me to be thinking.

 

[ThomasM]

I have always thought the same. The sad thing is, with this much money on the line, they would get corrupted as well. What we need are stiff penalties for cheaters, and we need to have a serious look at who is getting kickbacks. A very, very serious look.

 

[San Amaro Dr]

I watch as much college football as anyone and ACC officiating is easily the worst/most inconsistent in the country. It's baffling how any of these guys are still employed.

 

[mcnaire2004]

It is high time

Clearly

conferences should NOT... have a hand in how games are officiated, and neither should the NCAA.

That's one of the purposes of having a governing body or confederation such as the NCAA and conferences.

Officiating should be done by an independent company that handles everything

Who is going to pay this company? Do you think there are referee companies lying around? Or are you trying to start a grassroots campaign for a company you plan to start?

: training, game assignment, etc. Officials should be graded on their jobs, missed calls, blown calls, bad calls. If they grade poorly then there should be repercussions. Maybe a base pay and a bonus per season for the grade they ended up with. In no way should an official be in a game where he/she has any potential bias. You grew up a fan of team A, then you are not involved in their games, nor are you involved in any of their rivals' games.

Take a minute in Google how much a college referee makes. Basically nothing. Not even 40K over the course of a season. Some in the 20s...

The proper course of action here is to influence the presidents and board of trustees of membee institutions to press their governing bodies to allocate more money for officiating.

Another useful step would be even more integration with technologies than we already have.

Do you want to make everything reviewable? What are the consequences of that?

 

[Badbart43]

Clearly

That's one of the purposes of having a governing body or confederation such as the NCAA and conferences.

Who is going to pay this company? Do you think there are referee companies lying around? Or are you trying to start a grassroots campaign for a company you plan to start?

Take a minute in Google how much a college referee makes. Basically nothing. Not even 40K over the course of a season. Some in the 20s...

The proper course of action here is to influence the presidents and board of trustees of membee institutions to press their governing bodies to allocate more money for officiating.

Another useful step would be even more integration with technologies than we already have.

Do you want to make everything reviewable? What are the consequences of that?

The NCAA, there is a trustworthy body right there. With the Billions of money floating around college football, doesn't the sport deserve full time officiating?

 

[mcnaire2004]

The NCAA, there is a trustworthy body right there. With the Billions of money floating around college football, doesn't the sport deserve full time officiating?

Full time would be helpful. But that's pie in the sky talk. Billions peripherally floating around, yes. College football is a show. It's actors should be paid accordingly I suppose.

That's what came up when I googled how the refs got to the games.

Everything is not going to go professional at once. But I can get on board with the idea of full-time referees. Hopefully making a little bit more money.

 

[NJshoreCane]

I know advanced tech = $.
But when i see the technology implemented in MLB, Golf, and Tennis on ball-tracking, the same, or similar (at some level) should be implemented in football.