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Good for the State of Oregon.
Associations nationwide have long been able to have their cake and eat it, too. Dictating not just who works, but whether they even have an opportunity to work (by controlling who gets offered games) flies in the face of "independent contractor".
Dictating what uniforms one wears, how soon before game time one must show up, what mechanics one must use, mandatory attendance at training sessions; all are antithetical to the concept of "independence".
I'm not saying those requirements are bad, only that they go a long way toward making you an employer if you penalize people (by denying them work) for not obeying them. If you want to control officials, you should be prepared for the administrative burden that goes with that control. If you don't want the burden, then you should live with true "independent contractors".
Independent contractors aren't independent if they have to depend on the benevolence and, sometimes, capriciousness of a broker in order to work.
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