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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
Fiscally, there's no reason to expect an official to be paid as much to work a 3 man game as he is paid in a 2 man game. It's not physically as exerting and demanding and it makes the game easier to call.
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That would be reasonable if the 2-man pay is reasonable. In Oregon, we only recent caught up with our neighbooring states and are still below the national average. To go 3-man and split the game fees 3 ways would be an insult. I wouldn't expect the same pay for 3 as two but I wouldn't expect a big drop either. It may be less physically demanding but it does still take a lot of time...up to 1 hour travel, arrive 1 hour before the game, 1.5 hours for the game, a little time after the game and up to an hour drive home....that is up to 4.5 hours of time. Even if the drive is half that (as is more commonly the case), it is still 3.5 hours total. Once you take out expenses, that is under $10 an hour....and they think we should get less???