Only 3 of the games came to the Houston Chapter due to Houston team vs Houston team, the rest could have gone to at least one or two other big chapters, I do not think it is a geography issue
You missed the point. As teams in mid and west Texas beat each other, the remaining playoff teams are in the larger mertropolitan areas. So, a team from El Paso, Amarillo, Lubbock, etc., would be playing a team from in or around an area like Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, etc., which is far more likely to be played at a site near the metropolitan area than the smaller locality. Bringing in a crew from Dallas to work a game in Waco between teams from Wichita Falls and Bryan is far more economical than bringing in a crew from the Permian Basin. At this point in playoffs, that scenario tends to dominate the landscape. The relative handful of teams remaining from outside the major metro areas - Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio - are more likely going to be either playing teams from those areas, or playing at sites in those areas, making it more attractive to bring in crews from the closer chapter. The migration of playoff games always moves from rural areas to metropolitan areas, giving the metropolitan area chapters a distinct advantage. No one should criticize those chapters for that fact. It is what it is. But it isn’t because there are not fully competent and qualified officials in the outlying areas. There danged sure are. Abilene, San Angelo, Tyler, etc., etc., can put crews as equally competent as any of those in Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, or San Antonio. Just not as many, and not as cheaply in travel expenses as the chapters in those areas, generally, where the games are being played.
It has always been that way, and it will likely always be that way. But it has nothing to do with the relative quality and ability of the big chapters versus the smaller chapters.
It is geography.
Robert