Belligerent, I'm not trying to say at a high school level that the referees have to be highly educated, I just found it interesting that at a professional level of sports the differences of the referees careers. I know that soccer has always been a "second" rate sport, not a first tier one, and I wonder if that is one of the causes. The best referees in Europe typically have good jobs....so that makes me wonder if it is just an American thing when it comes to soccer. After reading my Prior post, it did seem a little elitist, which is not what I was going for. Personal drive is more what I was concerned with. Hope that cleared that up a bit! I was not trying to make the point you took out of it.
