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Originally Posted by BillyMac
We've been told that this makes it easier for the assigner to make last minute changes.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
... "mini assigners" of lower level games (Catholic middle schools, travel, recreation) were having difficulties assigning their games last (COVID) year due to our high school assigner assigning games only hours, or days, in advance.
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You couldn't pay me enough to be an assigner (at any level). Too many plates to keep spinning. And yet, the last time we had a vacancy for our scholastic assigner position, we had a dozen people apply for the job.
Note: Salary for our assignment commissioner is $32,200 (70 high schools, many middle schools, 280 officials), plus our local board pays ($2,020) for Arbiter access.
Many years ago I was asked to take on the assigner role for my hometown's recreation and travel programs. I couldn't say, "No thank you", fast enough.
For years I took on the role of assigner for boys and girls unpaid (they're now paid) preseason scrimmages for my hometown high school (I coached in the school system). It was a real headache for only, at most, four, or five, scrimmages. Too many last minute changes (dates, times) from both the athletic director and the officials assigned. This was mostly before email. I was glad when the high school (and all Connecticut high schools, in all sports) went to a mandated (by the CIAC) paid scrimmage system through our high school assigner and Arbiter.