[FRC Blog] The Right Thing to Do

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Why? Do you expect to create a professional referee crew in the hopes that are both more accountable and better trained? What do they do for their living the other 9 months of the year?

I don't know what the conclusion would be, that's why there would be a discussion about it.

I have a lot of thoughts on the issue and a lot of issues in FRC but this may not be the thread or the right time in the FRC season to have a good discussion about it. I would hope that all key event personnel, already paid or serial volunteers hold themselves and each other accountable and are trained well, but multiple issues both publicly made known and behind the scenes would suggest that is not the case.

Also, FWIW, one of the best referees in professional sports,Ed Hoculi, has been a practicing attorney and an NFL Official for a quarter of a century.