The professional circuit in the states (escpecially New York) is rife with hand me down positions .
Unfortunatley the referees position should be the most guarded and the more proven regarding qualification.
Instead we get normal men who are taught how the commision wishes them to think and so we get weak assed directors in the ring pointing and shoving instead of taking real control making real man desicions.

Some refs shouldnt even be in there, one in paticular has had a death in the ring that he could of stopped occuring.

There are others (with Ref licences) who are more suited to control Proffesional fighters who are proven 1st class refs who are ex fighters smart strong men with a consiouss but they are now being passed over every time and the big fights are handed to a friend of an official or a son etc etc who end up people who have never fought themselves and cannot gain much respect or control of two guys out to kill each other!