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Patrick,
OUCH! They must have a stable full of very dependable officials - I'd have a hard time working and not thinking of "What happens if my car breaks down on the way to a game - how much is the fine for that?" In my neck of the woods it costs $25 to join the local association, you have to attend regularly scheduled meetings in your sport (about 3 a year), take the state certification in rules and attend a state-mandated clinic once every 3 years. The scheduler for the association doles out as many games as are given to him by schools that he can fill. Inevitably he turns games back to the schools because he can't fill them all, and the schools get on the phone. They're happy to have the scheduler fills many as he can because it saves them work, but we just don't have enough officials. If you're new to the area or newly registered, and schools find out, your phone rings.
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