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Originally posted by Jerry Blum
How are the games scheduled?
Indy-ref - Are refs scheduled by an association assignor or do the schools or conferences have assignors that do this?
Asking you specifically because right now Indianapolis is the highest on my wife's list.
Thanks.
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Jerry,
Scheduling is quite different here...not only in Indianapolis, but statewide. Officials, by directly calling AD's, schedule most of their own games. Only a few assignors exist here. The conference with the largest schools, the North Central Conference, uses a conference assignor. I believe a few areas up north use assignors too. However, I would guess that less than 15% of all games are assigned.
Some associations also have their own assignors. These schedulers usually only assign for a small number of area schools. The majority of an official's schedule is done by himself. In my earlier years, I spent LOTS of time on the phone trying to convince AD's to give me varsity games. Now that my name is out and I officiate in both the boys' and girls' state tournament, I don't have to do that as much.
There are also a few schools who use veteran officials to assign their school's varsity games. The AD's of these schools develope close relationships with veteran officials as the years go by...so much so that they might turn over some of their schedule to that particular official for him to fill.
Lastly, I only know of a few schools who schedule an official to work both the JV & V games.
So, an official's schedule depends on how aggressive he/she wants to be.