The Importance of being a Certified Judge or Referee

If you have been to as many tournaments as I have (which btw isn't as many as most) you know that the one thing that can grind the whole tournament to a screeching stop are no judges and or referee's.  But judges and referees are not those who decided to be one five minutes before there first tournament. Quality judges and Referees are hard to come by. 

Imagine the person judging your match have no idea what they are doing?  And then they declare you the looser? How would you feel knowing that the judge is someone who just got pulled out in the audience?  And what if you we're declared the winner.  You know your victory is hallow since its from an inexperienced and unqualified official. 

Any organization whose worth their salt must create programs to train and certify quality officials. And GSBA USA Director Master Steve Del Castillo from Doce Pares Mt. Sac is hosting these certification. And I STRONGLY encourage any school sending any fighter to go to these certification course. That's the only way we can keep the game honest. 

I wonder if the "other" group is doing that?