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[QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 1642676, member: 2350"]
Didn't see this until just now. The answer is "inverted economies of scale." From an old post a while back ...

[INDENT]"You're certainly on to part of the problem with trying to compel consistency. As I've mentioned before, there are approx 350 Div I mens teams, approx 280 Div II and over 300 Div III, Then there's the NAIA with over 260 teams. Now double those numbers to include womens' teams, and we're starting to see the magnitude of the situation. The NBA has what, 30 teams? They also have only about 65-70 referees to train and manage. And they're pros who don't have other jobs, unlike most of the thousands of college level officials.[/INDENT]

Officials are often sanctioned or disciplined for serious mistakes, we just don't see it. And I think it would be less than optimal to publicize it when it does occur, because fans/players/coaches would get ahold of it eventually and would have a negative impact on subsequent games done by that ref. Consider if you will, one John Clougherty who put Rumeal Robinson on the line with three seconds left in the then-tied 1989 NCAA final game. For despite working for over two more decades, Clougherty never saw another game of such magnitude.
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