[BrentD22]

We already loose money on our league and we charge a little bit more than we would like to.

A big issue is that we are not a rec. league. Recreation Leagues have the added benefit of being a city department and can get the gyms for free. We have to pay fees for some of the gyms for game days (Saturdays) and practice nights (week nights). In the past we had "regular" people officiating the games. Over the last 4 years (since me and my co-commish) took over there have been many improvements to the league. One of them was working out a deal with "rookie/newer" refs. The person that teaches the classes can use our meeting room and gym for practices. He can then charge the refs less for the course with an agreement that they only receive $25 per game for us (games don't last longer than 1 hour). We have a mix of veterans that just want to make some extra cash and at the same time mentor some of the younger refs. Often it seems that the younger refs make the mistakes (which is expected). The problem is that some of them don't like help with the rules.

The ref in question really doesn't know what she's doing. She never played the game of basketball, never watched it, and wanted to learn how to ref for "fun". She really struggles, but per our agreement the head honcho ref schedules all the refs. He makes the schedule for the whole regular season and doesn't change it. She's blown a lot of calls and many of them in key situations.


Thanks for the help and suggestions.