Perez is out and Rosie is in

[Baca Loco]

Spelling notwithstanding this is a fairly interesting development. The only unacceptable feature is giving Chuck final say. If the individual Field Ultimates don't know the rules sufficiently well to adjudicate correct calls they shouldn't be the Ultimate--
and while it is perhaps impolitic to suggest it there's reason to believe two past NPPL Ultimates left their jobs because of political interference.
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Big Changes for the NPPL Professional Referee Organization
Perez is out and Rosie is in as Chuck Hendsch takes the Reigns​

June 12, 2006 - The NPPL is in the process of revamping the current Professional Referee Organization (PRO). After recent events, Dan Perez will no longer be the NPPL Ultimate Judge. The NPPL wishes Dan the best in his future endeavors.
Immediate changes being made to the PRO:
1) Instead of one Ultimate Judge overseeing the entire event, there will now be six Ultimate Judges; one for each field. There will be a tower on each field where the Ultimate Judge will be stationed to make calls. Radios will be used to assist in making correct calls. All decisions will be final at the field.

2) NPPL President Chuck Hendsch will settle all disputed rules, the interpretations of the rules and make sure rules are being consistently enforced.

3) Paintball veteran Robert "Rosie" Rose has been hired to manage the referees and keep the games running on time. The NPPL is very pleased to have Rosie on board. He is widely respected for his experience, work ethics and passion for the betterment of the sport.

4) The PRO Referees will come into each event a day early for a briefing and to walk fields, learn positions, angles, and practice radio communications.

5) PRO and the NPPL will be combining these efforts to provide a totally neutral, unbiased, hard, fair, consistent world leading standard of Professional Refereeing.

Chuck Hendsch has been aggressively searching for quality refs and is in full support the current referees. Hendsch is "committed more then ever to support the NPPL referees. Refereeing is not an easy job. It is hard to consistently have 60 quality referees. By changing a few fundamental procedures and recruiting good refs such as Mike Boogolo and Kimo Schaedel, I guarantee the referees will be solid for Boston and future NPPL events."
In preparation for the NPPL Boston event, Hendsch will be hosting a Ref training class at Boston Paintball July 15 and 16th. Interested applicants should email Chuck@NPPL.tv or call (714) 536-9050 for more information.

 

[manike]

Well there had to be a conflict of interests with Dan Perez and the new gun he is involved with. Hard to call someone off the field when they are using your own product... I'm guessing Dan's left to work on that side of his interests?

Much love to Rosie. Should be interesting.

 

[dissent]

Huh? I thought it was Dave Zinkham with the new gun...and Dave is the "scrutineer" which brings up a bunch of issues like you pointed out. Is Dan making a gun too?

 

[Chicago]

Looks like NPPL has been reading the PSP rule book.

NPPL has missed the problem. The problem is finding and retaining qualified officials. Putting an Ultimate 20' in the air does not help you find and retain qualified officials. How about NOT spending thousands of dollars per event putting up platforms and instead pay the refs better?

 

[manike]

Huh? I thought it was Dave Zinkham with the new gun...and Dave is the "scrutineer" which brings up a bunch of issues like you pointed out. Is Dan making a gun too?

No you're right it is Zinkham, I'm confusing my NPPL staff names starting with a 'D' . Same problem though, but not so relevant to this thread. Sorry Baca.

 

[Chicago]

Although that does make me wonder who is going to make illegal gun calls. Is that now the responsiblilty of the field Ultimate? Or are those still handled differently?

 

[smelly pete]

rosie

You cant and wont find a more solid reliable person that the Rt Hon Robert Rose.
Good luck rosie.

 

[MissyQ]

Yes, Rosie is universally respected by players and refs alike. He will do a great job. Get that man a white horse!

I happen to share the reservations about the NPPL scrutineer also being a marker manufacturer. That simply won't fly. Its a simple decision that should have been made at the start of the season. I called it last year.

I don't share Baca's opinion that the previous head judges were dismissed due to political interference. I don't really see where he's even coming from with that. There are much simpler and more straight-forward reasons why he needed to move on from that position.

 

[Chicago]

Was Baca talking about Dan? Or Phil?

It will be interesting to see how the NPPL reffing shapes up with Rosie. He's a great guy for the job - so if they bring Rosie in, and the reffing still doesn't get fixed, who do they blame it on then?

 

[Baca Loco]

I don't share Baca's opinion that the previous head judges were dismissed due to political interference. I don't really see where he's even coming from with that. There are much simpler and more straight-forward reasons why he needed to move on from that position.

The interference wasn't external.