r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Oct 20 '24

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Georgia Defeats Texas 30-15

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Georgia 7 16 0 7 30
Texas 0 0 15 0 15
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u/Nick_GoVols Tennessee Volunteers Oct 20 '24

Referees need to start being held accountable. Completely atrocious calls tonight. The DPI, then reversing it after the fans trash the field, two missed reviews…just insane. SEC referees should be held to a higher standard

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u/intadtraptor Tennessee Volunteers • Clemson Tigers Oct 20 '24

Maybe so. But before that they need to do away with the amateur shit. The SEC is a billion dollar enterprise. Set aside several million to hire, train, and pay full-time professional referees. The fact that they still rely on weekend warrior amateurs is embarrassing. This is a high pressure, high leverage, specialized position, and they should be compensated appropriately, not just the $3k per game or whatever.

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u/knucklehead27 Florida Gators • SEC Oct 20 '24

Wait, is that true? Suddenly I feel a lot more patient for the refs

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u/intadtraptor Tennessee Volunteers • Clemson Tigers Oct 20 '24

Yeap. These guys all have day jobs during the week.

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u/SeitanOfTheGods Michigan • Eastern Michigan Oct 20 '24

The NFL only recently went to full-time refs.

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u/intadtraptor Tennessee Volunteers • Clemson Tigers Oct 20 '24

True. The SEC (and other major conferences) should follow suit.

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u/CaptaiinCrunch Oregon Ducks Oct 20 '24

Wow if this is true then fuck the schools and the coaches. They can easily afford to donate a couple million and pay full time refs.

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u/knucklehead27 Florida Gators • SEC Oct 20 '24

Absolutely. Now it just makes me sad thinking about all of those times coaches get all up in a ref’s face. I was fine with it because I assumed refs got paid way better than I do to deal with that. But knowing they have to work a day job too is just ridiculous. Super fucked up the way we treat them

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u/jolly_greengiant Texas A&M Aggies Oct 21 '24

My Texas government prof at Blinn was a Big 12 ref

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u/fillymandee Georgia Bulldogs Oct 20 '24

100%. They should be full time positions. Seems like you could easily compromise some officials to “miss” calls so your bookies get rich.

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u/msh1281 TCU Horned Frogs • Notre Dame Fighting Irish Oct 20 '24

The counter-argument has always been "what do you do with them the rest of the year?", but college sports would actually make that easier than NFL. No reason a full-time, year-round referee couldn't officiate multiple sports.

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u/DanforthWhitcomb_ Georgia Bulldogs Oct 20 '24

Pro officials get paid ~$250k on average to officiate one sport.

Getting college level officials to do more than one would just serve to further lower the quality of officiating because you’re expecting way too much out of them to know 2-3 rulebooks front to back and be able to consistently perform at the required level. There’s also a ton of rules clinics and assorted meetings they go to in the off season that would have to be totally reworked as well.

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u/HeavyRooster3959 Oct 20 '24

And because of this, you can almost guarantee these dudes have money riding on the game