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Do college football officials need background checks?

by Michele Hriciso

In light of the recent investigation of NBA referee Tim Donaghy for possible game fixing, I couldn’t help but wonder about the integrity of college football officials.

The Baltimore Sun ran an article yesterday about the ACC doing background checks on football and basketball officials. I was surprised to learn from that article that the Big Ten is the only other conference that does background checks on officials.

It doesn’t make sense to me. Why anyone would put someone in a position where they could have control over the outcome of a game and not do at least a cursory criminal background check, at the minimum?

My other job is in law enforcement, and background checks are commonplace in my world. So my view could certainly be warped on this issue. Do you think a background check should be required for anyone officiating a college football game? Or would it just be a waste of money?

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Posted in Opinion on July 24th, 2007

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