End of Conference Affiliated Refs will happen soon Rick Neuheisel says

Ok looking for advice here and help.
I know you have seen me and others complain about Conference Affiliated Refs. I’m sick of complaining and want to help in building a groundswell to actually change it.

Here is the synopsis:
Right now refs report to a conference. Last night is a perfect example with Va tech vs Miami. If my paycheck came from Acc conference as a ref I would be bias as well. Playoff spots are worth let’s say $20 million to my employer. Acc refs are not bad the fact that conferences are paying the refs and report to a specific conference is a problem.

We need to change this and I don’t know how to. I am in private equity and feel I can raise outside capital to start a company that basically does a roll up of all college football refs. Put them in regions where the best refs in the SE get the best games based on performance. Have independent checks and balances to rank refs. So in a nutshell the best ref crew gets the biggest game in SE this weekend (ga at AL). 2nd best crew gets the 2nd best game irrespective of conf. It could be an ACC game as the 2nd best game. The worst ref crew gets the worst games such as wake forest playing vandy.

How do we go about making a change. A website? Social media? Change.org. Do we get Twitter influencers? How do we go about approaching the refs regarding a new entity that pays them more and gives them better perks?

I look forward to any ideas. Thanks

 

Got any suggestions?
Right now the conferences are paying the refs. right now outside money funds the sec from media companies. What is the difference.
Some entity needs to be created to pay the refs. The entity must have checks and balances such as oversight from Moodys and S&P or from audit firms such as Ernst and young or Deloitte or both.

 

Yes less cost to the conferences or at least the same. They key is to get all the refs and then the conferences all have to pay us or they will need to get scrub refs from high school

 

It’s not the refs fault. It is how it is aligned. It makes no sense for college football to be set up wrong. Refs should be a completely separate 3rd party to the conferences for integrity of the game. We will have many more games like Va tech vs Miami last night where it is very obvious that it is in the best interest of the Acc that Miami win.

 

Got any ideas? It needs to be fixed. Not a huge money making venture but some PE investments are steady 10% returns. My asset class I deal in forestry is more like 6%.
If you are able to get all the refs (which is key) it would force the conferences to hire our refs.
Remember if I could do this with just my brain I would not have posted for advice. Nobody is as smart as everyone. Maybe the money comes from family offices of the wealthiest Va tech, uf, nc state, Oklahoma, (teams that have gotten shafted by conf affiliated refs). I’m just spitballing

 

Not correct. It is not based on that game alone. Think of the help fsu received from their refs several times last year. How can anyone not see that refs should not report back to a conference is crazy. It is inherent bias in the set up.
I feel it will be fixed years from now but prefer it sooner

 

I would not invest in it either and I am the OP unless and only if the new entity was able to lock down over 90 percent of all college football refs. If the proposed entity was able to do that hell yes I would invest.