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Originally Posted by RookieDude
Trust me JRut...in this case, the board members do have a say.
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In your area they have all the say. I am talking about my area and you did ask this question to people outside of your area. I am not speaking for what happens just in your area. I have no idea what happens in your area or in every local association. But a Board member of a local officiating association has no say as to whether someone works or not. Only the IHSA and the IHSA Official's Department have that say as to who can or cannot work games in our state. I guess assignors have a personal say if they work for them, but that is a personal decision.
I am sure that is the case where you live because a lot of associations are the key holders to who works, where they work and how they work. In my state that would open the IHSA up for violating independent contractor law and having responsibilities the IHSA is not equip to handle. That might not be the case where you live and that is why I mentioned what is OK where I live. And to give a good example of this, our Observer's Program the IHSA wants implemented. The IHSA made sure that the Observer's Program was not about post season assignments and just training. If they did make our Observer's Program about who gets or does not get post season assignments that could compromise all officials and their independent contractor classification. Then the IHSA might have to pay Worker's Compensation and have to adhere to other legal ramifications and there would be no IHSA as we know it. I would assume that the rules we are under as it relates to this is the very same thing. The only thing the IHSA can do is license you, after that it is up to the individual schools and conferences to hire you and even then they cannot violate certain laws.
Peace