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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 1642360, member: 285"]
Funny thing is though....they aren't paid as though there are millions of fans and millions of dollars relying on their competency.

Now I'm not going to go as far as to say they don't make good money because they can make good money, but its not commensurate with [U][B]top[/B][/U] money for most professions and certainly not in the sports professions.

Cowtown can correct me if I'm wrong, but if what I read is correct I think they make a couple grand per game and then have to pay their own expenses (including travel to the game) out of that money.     The guys that work the absolute most and  only work power conference games might be [U]grossing[/U] 350-400K.    And I guess that is really good money for an intense period on the road for 5 months.

But how many of those top guys are there out there at that level and then compare that with the number of games that require 3 officials every Saturday?    There are a lot of guys doing it as more of a part time gig and I can assure you the best guys aren't getting assigned to the GA Tech v. SU game...I would think they'd be doing the marquee games like UK v. KU, Iowa St. v OU, UVa v. Lville etc..   At least SU is a power 5 team and a marquee program within the power 5.   I can only imagine the quality of refereeing that a game like Holy Cross v. Navy sees if they get assigned on a pecking order kind of basis.

With all the money the NCAA makes, maybe it should sink some of its cash into bolstering the system and grooming more guys beyond the ones at the absolute top.
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