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Originally Posted by KCRef
1st year ref here, and last week I was excited for my biggest game yet. Boys JV. I was planning on staying to watch the varsity game after, which was going to be televised locally. I imagine there were going to be a lot of fans there. As game time came closer and closer, the visiting team never showed up. My partner and I were deciding when to call the game. We figured game time was forfeit time, but we let the AD decide. He was going to give them 30 minutes, but he went to check his messages and found a voice mail from the visiting coach saying that they would not bring a JV team with them. I was very bummed. I took my $60 check and went home, but was wondering about calling a game. You guys ever have a forfeit at that level?
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Not exactly the same situation, but I can relate to your feelings. My "first varsity game" was scheduled for a certain day, at a certain place. My husband bought me a new garment bag for a present, I invited half the city, and practically put a neon sign on the roof of my house. I showed up an hour early like a good little ref, and all the doors were locked, no cars in the parking lot, nothing! Well, it was during Christmas break, and I figured people would start showing up pretty soon. I waited, and waited. Finally, I called the assignor. He had to call the AD at home and then call me back. Somehow, assignor had mis-read the school's schedule and that game was being played away (in another city, under a different association), and I didn't have a first varsity game that day after all. Talk about let-down...