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My association in Northern VA has contracts with most of the schools in the area (about 75 I believe). We have 2 commissioners who do the assigning -- 1 for rec and 1 for HS. The HS guy has an assistant who handles a lot of the F/JV stuff, particularly turn-backs for F/JV games. I believe we "can" be fined $25 if we turn back a game on the day of the game -- depending on the reason. The 2 main commissioners are paid 10% of our earning and the HS assignor splits his (somehow) with his assistant. The commissioners, like the rest of our board members are elected by the members -- usually for a 2 year term. In fact, we just closed the application process for the HS spot about a week ago. We had 1 applicant for the position and he is the incumbent. No one else really wanted to take on the job -- I know I wouldn't. We do not contract any games on our own. I think the guys really earn their 10% and quite frankly, I don't know how their spouses put up with the time they have to put into the schedules. We have some really top notch guys doing the assigning.