Dean Blandino

The revenues are through the roof.

Coaches get paid the most.

And the players, you know, the salary cap keeps rising, all of these things.

And they feel that they should be paid commensurate with that, right?

They should be paid like Major League Baseball umpires and NBA referees.

And the league's perspective is, well, those officials are full-time.

You're not, right?

The way football is played, it's one game a week.

So historically, these officials, NFL officials, football officials, they have other jobs, whereas baseball umpires don't have other jobs because they're working.

You know, they're not working 162 games a year, but they're working 120, maybe 125 games a year.

So I think that's kind of the sticking point right now.

And and again, if that's the biggest thing, then I think a deal gets done.

It's just, you know, finding that sweet spot and getting getting everybody on the same page.

No, it's a great question.

And look, so right now the league is already putting feelers out at the college level.

And they are going all the way from FBS D1 down to D3 and trying to canvas and get people that are interested.

And they're offering pretty significant when it comes to money to be a part of this program.

So they would start training these officials

You know, you start canvassing, you have coordinators around the country, college coordinators, D2, D3, that are responsible for these different conferences.

And they're out there trying to canvass and get these officials to say, okay, we're going to start this program.