As Colorado High School Activities Association's liaison to every official in the state, Tom Robinson has his fair share of rough days at the office. The associate commissioner hears it all when it comes to any officiating issue, but he tries to block out the outside noise.

Robinson takes time during the year to attend as many games as he can evaluate referees and try to help them develop so they can reach higher levels.

He also serves as a replay official for the Big 12 and the Mountain West conferences — so if anyone knows the rules, it's Robinson.

We sat down with Robinson to discuss issues that arise when it comes to officials, as well as the expanded use of iWanamaker to score Colorado high school golf, which he also oversees.

Q: As head of officials, what is the biggest concern for you going into the start of any school year?

Tom Robinson: I don't know if I would say it's concern. It's just a lot of preparation that goes into the start of not only the school year and the fall season, but the winter and the spring (as well). All of our officials organizations, every single one of them are in the throes of master planning.

It's like a master clinic to prepare their officials for the upcoming year relative to new rules, maybe new mechanics. Maybe it's looking at issues they had during the previous season that they want to correct. So concern? Maybe not. It's just having enough time and the right approach to get them prepared for the season.

Q: What's the biggest complaint that you hear on a regular basis in regard to officials?

Robinson: It's not even a love/hate, it's a hate/hate relationship with officials. It's just somebody complaining that either the officials blew a call or in some respects it's that (a team) was cheated or something, or that the officials have some kind of bias. Which is just the mentality about officials, unfortunately.

Q: When you're attending a game and you see an incorrect call made, what's the process that you go through? Do you inform the officials after the fact that a certain call was wrong or do you address the ruling with all the officials as a group?

Robinson: Probably the temptation is, for example if it's a football game and it happens in the first half, to storm into the locker room at halftime and say, "You guys flat screwed that up." But that's not my approach. The deed is done. There is no going back on it, so what I generally do is make a note.

And if it's a football game, I just contact the referee to have him tell me what happened on the play, I give him my response as to what happened on the play and just follow up that way. I try to be heavy-handed with that piece of it.

Q: People watch a lot of NFL and they always think the rule at the highest level of a sport trickle down, but that's not always the case. What would you say to someone who claims they know a rule but really don't?

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