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Message: [QUOTE="007, post: 4996509, member: 393"] FWIW, the refs have a vested interest in getting the calls correct. The NCAA has a system in place to evaluate and rank referees, and those rankings are used to determine which referees are assigned to tournament games. Further, all of the power leagues have assignors in place who also evaluate every refs performance from games films. This happens even for the non revenue, lower profile sports. The refs are ranked and advised of their performance. The best are typically assigned to the higher profile games and get assigned more often. There used to be a system in place where coaches were allowed to black list a small number of refs. This was true even at the HS level. I think this is still in place, but I've been away from that end for awhile now. [/QUOTE]