Interesting perspective on the refs from the inside

My brother's best friend is an official in conference USA for about 10 years. He spoke to him today. He has had the opportunity to meet officials from all over the country and work with them at various camps, nfl summer workouts, etc. The 1st thing he said was to take note at how old all of their officials are. The reason behind that is they will not let anybody new in. The referees themselves consider the sec refs to be like a cult. They have little communication with the other associations ,and it is impossible to join their league. But here's the best part. They consistently rank the lowest amongst all the officials. The NFL very seldom pulls from the sec. They do not think that they are good officials at all. I'm no expert , But he is. And if he tells me that the consensus amongst all referees is that the SEC has bad officials, is clouded in secrecy , and refuses to let anyone join, I would ask who is really running this operation