[26 Year Gap]

The alternative to two-person crews is to cut the scheduled number of games by each school. Teachers are losing their jobs. Others within the school districts are losing their jobs. The AD for this particular county is a member of our board and is a long-time official. With property values in FL declining, the taxable base is also shrinking. Raising property tax rates to compensate is not something that is happening.
One proposal might be to pay 3 crew members $50 per game instead of $60.
A crew of two would be paid $65 per game. So, the school would pay $30 less per game, which would be $10 less per official. Or, it would be only $20 more than what they are proposing per game. Crews of two have cost $130 in years past and that would not change.
Crowds generally are sparse from what I have observed with just a few exceptions.