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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2012 0:10:41 GMT -5
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Post by howard63 on Mar 14, 2012 9:03:46 GMT -5
Thanks for posting. Gene's become one of my favorite officials. I don't know how he maintains his energy doing both football and basketball.
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Post by zcr57 on Mar 14, 2012 13:47:30 GMT -5
Nice article. He must be pretty passionate about officiating college hoops with all of the time and travel he puts in on top of his NFL and professional duties.
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Post by timdaye on Mar 14, 2012 15:41:03 GMT -5
So big time college officials have to pay for their own travel? That is way less-than-ideal.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2012 16:50:10 GMT -5
So big time college officials have to pay for their own travel? That is way less-than-ideal. I would assume that they pay for their own travel and organize their own flights and such, and then are reembursed later on. It'd be too much for the conference to arrange and pay for travel for hundreds of officials weekly or whatever. |
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Post by FredFan7 on Mar 14, 2012 20:37:18 GMT -5
His story about his first reversal of a replay is quite entertaining!
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Post by FredFan7 on Mar 15, 2012 16:32:56 GMT -5
In the past, Fred Silva, Jim Tunney, Jack Fette, Ron Winter, Tom Bell, Tom Fincken, and Robert Wortman have all worked Division One college basketball (although I don't know if Winter worked hoops while in the NFL - I don't think so).
Bell and Fincken hold the distinction of working a Super Bowl and a Final Four.
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Post by Brent on Mar 15, 2012 17:00:21 GMT -5
saw him working the K State Southern Miss game during my lunch today.
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Post by howard63 on Mar 15, 2012 17:34:38 GMT -5
Bob Wortman also worked a Final Four and a Super Bowl. He worked the Indiana-Michigan championship game in 1976.
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Post by FredFan7 on Mar 15, 2012 17:45:17 GMT -5
Wortman later went on to be Supervisor of Officials in the Big 10 conference. I believe Bobby Knight was instrumental in getting him fired from that position.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2012 23:34:31 GMT -5
So big time college officials have to pay for their own travel? That is way less-than-ideal. I would assume that they pay for their own travel and organize their own flights and such, and then are reembursed later on. It'd be too much for the conference to arrange and pay for travel for hundreds of officials weekly or whatever. I have a friend who officiates Big Sky games and he makes travel arrangements for flights and hotels and gets reimbursed by submitting an expense report. |
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