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In NC, you have to belong to an association sanctioned by the NCHSAA for the sport you wish to work in. There's no requirements on who you can work, as I live on the border between two associations and I made the choice (right choice) to work for one over the other. You are not supposed to take assignments from another association unless the other assoc. goes through your booking agent (sometimes in border areas assignors get in a pinch and need help).
Our uniforms and procedures are spelled out from the NCHSAA office. In my association, the booking agent takes a booking fee (one game fee) for the year but he handles no money for game fees. The schools provide us with a check before each game. That is not uniform across the state as the "other" association near me does things differently. The assignor does not collect a booking fee directly from the umpires. He withholds the first game check and pays the umpires from his office as he collects all money from the schools and then distributes to umpires.
I would hate to see us treated as employees. Too much of a headache with that and really our association is not setup for the paperwork involved. I truly wonder how many assignors would keep at it given the amount of paperwork and bookkeeping they would have to do if this came to pass.
Lawrence
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