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SEC hires outside firm to review 2018 football officiating
By Adam Spencer
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There were a number of questionable officiating decisions in the SEC last season, and many left fans outraged.
Because of that, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey revealed during SEC spring meetings in Destin, Florida, on Tuesday that the conference had hired outside accounting firm Deloitte to review last year’s officiating.
Sankey said opinions from fans, media and game commentators played a role in the decision to hire Deloitte (via the Associated Press):
“I believed then and I still believe we have as good a college football officiating program as there is yet we can still keep improving,” Sankey told The Associated Press. “And we started first looking at how do we communicate about officiating? And it was forward looking to this coming season that the nature of media, the focus on officiating, the fact there are commentators and broadcast booths giving opinions, sometimes they’re right, sometimes they’re not correct. You don’t have complete information. Those are game changers for us.”
What comes of this review remains to be seen, but at least the conference is being proactive about it.
Sankey said this didn’t stem from one particular call, and didn’t reveal the results of the process, but it was a step taken nonetheless.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
