[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

When I started officiating about thirty years ago, we were only asked to fill out W-9's at the state technical schools. Then about fifteen years ago, were were asked to fill out W-9's at some "big city" schools. Now we are filling out these forms at about more than 50% of the schools that we service. Many of our members have become concerned about security regarding our Social Security Numbers. In many cases we are asked to complete these forms at the table, where they sit, open for anyone to see, until the end of the game, or, at best, halftime. We don't know where they go after the game.

Identify theft has become quite common. How is this handled in other parts of the country?

Well if we do not fill out the forms we will not get paid. I only fill them out when a person can get them quickly. But in some cases we have to send the information well before we get to the site.


Peace