Will I officiate varsity games as a first-year trainee?

Probably not. We owe it to the schools, as well as the members of our association, to ensure that we only put the best product possible on the field to officiate at the varsity level. Our experience has shown that no matter how much football you have played, coached, watched, etc., officiating requires a totally different perspective on the game.

Each year, at the end of training, we always have trainees that tell us that they attended the first night of the training class thinking that they could officiate a varsity level game. They tell us that by the end of training they realized that they weren't ready and were grateful to get a year of experience under their belt because there was just too much to learn.