How to advance to College Girls Flag?

[rob]

IDK if I want the stress of officiating college Men's football, besides I have too much fun with HS football, but I thought about College Women's flag football.

Does one have to be a registered college football official to become registered for college flag?

Do I have zero chance of doing flag if I'm not doing Men's football, like, do the Men's officials like to reserve that as offseason income?

[JustRules]

There really is something like a registered college official. They are hired by supervisors for each conference and assigned to crews and games. i assume the conferences will be doing the same thing with women's flag football. You should find out if the conference has done this and connect with that person. Start with a local college in your area that has a women's flag football team and ask them who is responsible for assigning their officials.

[rob]

On 4/28/2025 at 12:16 PM, JustRules said:

There really is something like a registered college official. They are hired by supervisors for each conference and assigned to crews and games. i assume the conferences will be doing the same thing with women's flag football. You should find out if the conference has done this and connect with that person. Start with a local college in your area that has a women's flag football team and ask them who is responsible for assigning their officials.

I didn't ask this question blindly.  I did do some research.  I went to the NAIA officiating site and got to the point of asking what sport I was interested in and, just like HS, it doesn't look like they break out flag as a separate sport from football.  At least when it comes to officiating.

[JustRules]

The NAIA and NCAA don't hire officials. All hiring is through the conferences. For NAIA and NCAA championships the conferences submit officials/crews to the national coordinator. Anything on their sites like this are to direct potential officials to the conference supervisors. You are going to have much more success going that route rather than a random interest form. Personal connections are important to get started.

[rob]

15 hours ago, JustRules said:

The NAIA and NCAA don't hire officials. All hiring is through the conferences. For NAIA and NCAA championships the conferences submit officials/crews to the national coordinator. Anything on their sites like this are to direct potential officials to the conference supervisors. You are going to have much more success going that route rather than a random interest form. Personal connections are important to get started.

Found a conference and trying that route...

[JustRules]

On 5/1/2025 at 11:10 AM, rob said:

Found a conference and trying that route...

Good. That is the one and only route.

[rob]

On 5/7/2025 at 12:36 AM, JustRules said:

Good. That is the one and only route.

Which is a dead end road because I've received zero replies.

[JustRules]

On 5/8/2025 at 11:12 AM, rob said:

Which is a dead end road because I've received zero replies.

Keep trying. They may not be looking for officials at the moment. They likely forward it to the supervisor who is a part-time, vastly underpaid individual so responding to inquiries about officiating may not be a high priority. If you have any contacts at the member schools, you could reach out to them and ask if they have a specific name of the supervisor. This is the only person who can hire you.