Greg Sankey announced at the SEC Spring meeting, the accounting firm, Deloitte has been hired to conduct a review of SEC officiating. Deloitte has a solid, international reputation for thoroughness, though delving into the intricacies of college football officiating appears to be an unusual scope of work for the firm.
Apparently, Sankey believes SEC football fans need some reassurance the league’s officials are not biased. Competence is a separate issue and it is not known what football officiating experts Deloitte will use for that assessment. Officiating in all sports has an established process of peer review. Even so, it is rare for any review to lead to public disclosure of officiating errors.