*** Husker FB Misc Topic bullsh#t Thread ***

[Enhance]

I get this isn’t the narrative many will accept, however, a female ref shared with me a few years back how she was encouraged (by another minority official in college football) to officiate football because she would be better than the current female refs. Said how the females in college at the time were not promoted on merit.

I moved this out of the thread to keep the other thread on course.

I don't think a single second-hand anecdote is justification for judging professional referees by their gender nor is it substance enough to imply it's evidence of a systemic, non-merit based promotional pipeline. If we're going to critique refs, let's do it on actual performance (missed calls, mechanics, positioning), not gender. Until then, the latter is largely just stereotyping which is why the argument I am I positioned was weak in the first place.

 

[Red Five]

Said how the females in college at the time were not promoted on merit.

I am pretty sure the B1G doesn’t judge any refs (male or female) based on merit.

 

[Savage Husker]

I moved this out of the thread to keep the other thread on course.

I don't think a single second-hand anecdote is justification for judging professional referees by their gender nor is it substance enough to imply it's evidence of a systemic, non-merit based promotional pipeline. If we're going to critique refs, let's do it on actual performance (missed calls, mechanics, positioning), not gender. Until then, the latter is largely just stereotyping which is why the argument I am I positioned was weak in the first place.

It’s a good ol boys club mixed in with crooked refs and now gender hires. It would be one thing to have a male ref complain to another male but there’s a little more than anecdote - as you say - when a male ref is encouraging a female ref. Either way, officiating as a whole has systemic issue.

 

[Bobby_Axelrod]

There are really people in this thread who think the USA is a merit-based society?
Yikes! We are doomed.

 

[Enhance]

It’s a good ol boys club mixed in with crooked refs and now gender hires. It would be one thing to have a male ref complain to another male but there’s a little more than anecdote - as you say - when a male ref is encouraging a female ref. Either way, officiating as a whole has systemic issue.

I think officiating having poor accountability, performance, and review standards is one thing we can agree on, but it is a very different conversation than "wow that officiating sucked because they're women."

But since that seems to be the claim being made/supported here, I welcome the evidence: clip the calls, show the errors, and explain why those mistakes stem from a lack of qualification tied to their gender. The burden of proof is on the people making that assertion, not on everyone else to accept a stereotype.