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Originally Posted by ref2coach
I would love to do it for $100 or so. TSSAA sets the fees the schools pay for varsity contests. $80 for GV/BV double header. TN board of regents passed a $5 increase in the Summer, first increase in 7 years then took it back away the week before schools started.
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This is a simple case of the law of supply and demand. None of the officials is required to take any particular assignment -- assuming all are independent contractors as opposed to employees.
Therefore, the BoR can set the fee they will pay at anything they like. It doesn't mean that ANYONE has to take those games! If $80 is not reasonable, then officials can pass on the HS games and do something else. On the other hand, so long as officials are accepting the games, $80 is the going rate.
It takes two to create a contract.