Female referees

[SirPerceval]

THAT is the issue. From what I have seen they largely prove to be incompetent.. ignorant.. or a complete non-factor... which means they are afraid to throw deserved flags.

They could have brought them along slowly.. let them climb through the ranks... or find some trans-female refs who played the game.

I have an idea.. how about making a crew of ALL female refs and see what happens. let them do the Texas-Oklahoma game or Michigan-OSU or USC-UCLA.. let the whole nation score them on their collective quality.

I think the main issue is exactly what the OP brought up. They are not getting enough experience in the lower levels before hitting the big time.

 

[bethlehemfan]

I can’t remember which game it was but there was one not too long ago with a female ref who was abysmal. Maybe she just had a bad day.

 

[RUChoppin]

Looking forward to the Competency Crisis moving to the cockpit.

5% of active commercial pilots, and 6% of air force pilots are already women. 15% of student pilots are currently women, so those numbers will go up as the old guard retires.

 

[RUChoppin]

There's been a growing referee shortage, too, that's contributing to both a) an overall impact on quality, and b) a larger number of new faces (including more women).

According to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), the United States lost approximately 50,000 high school officials between the 2018-19 school year and February 2022.