Officiating One's Alma Mater?
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:08 pmI'm not complaining about any replay calls-off the top of my head I can't think of any controversial replay calls yesterday. But I found it interesting that the NCAA doesn't appear to have any conflict of interest rules that would prohibit an official from calling his own school's games. Does former Mustang Freeman Johns who I know is an NCAA official call SMU games. I don't know
Eye in the sky: Jenks basketball coach Clay Martin has come a long way in his alternate career as a football official. Two years ago, he was working pee wee games along with high school assignments.
Now, he's in the replay booth for Conference USA games. He was part of C-USA's three-man crew Saturday as the Hurricane hosted SMU. He's also officiated two games for the conference.
Martin started working as a linesman two years ago, handling every level from high school to mighty mites. He joined Tulsa-area veteran referee Don Thomas' crew last year.
"At first, (officiating) was a way to make a little extra money, but it's grown into something I love," said Martin, a former Nathan Hale standout athlete who played a year of football at TU.
Eye in the sky: Jenks basketball coach Clay Martin has come a long way in his alternate career as a football official. Two years ago, he was working pee wee games along with high school assignments.
Now, he's in the replay booth for Conference USA games. He was part of C-USA's three-man crew Saturday as the Hurricane hosted SMU. He's also officiated two games for the conference.
Martin started working as a linesman two years ago, handling every level from high school to mighty mites. He joined Tulsa-area veteran referee Don Thomas' crew last year.
"At first, (officiating) was a way to make a little extra money, but it's grown into something I love," said Martin, a former Nathan Hale standout athlete who played a year of football at TU.