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Originally Posted by AremRed
And what, pray tell, is wrong with pregame fist bumps?
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Just more for us to watch. Waste of time. They can shake hands and fist bump before the opening toss. They do that anyway.
Regarding 2-person versus 3-person:
I moved here in 2002. Everything was 2-person then, even the post-season. To get 3-person work, I licensed in Illinois and worked about a dozen games there a season.
A majority of my games now are 3-person. Our entire post-season is 3-person, from the opening round until the state finals. I have made a personal decision to never schedule another 2-person game for myself (I have one more this year and maybe 2-3 next season) and I won't hire a 2-person crew for schools personally.
The conference I assign -- I've allowed crews to bring 3 to games all season. I didn't have any extra money for them this year, but as was said, next year all games are assigned 3-person for $60 per official, which is the going rate around here (and what we paid for 2 officials this season).
The thing our state gets wrong is not mandating 3 officials for varsity games.
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Originally Posted by AremRed
In Wisconsin, those that hire 3 are in a minority now. The conference that Rich assigns will be 3-person next year at $60 per official.
Another thing his state gets wrong.
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What, the $60? That's what our conference pays for 2-person now.
Some conferences only pay $50 for 3-person -- they cut the pay when they went to 3 officials. I strongly recommended that not happen for us.
Yes, our officials probably could make a bit more, but we're competitive with neighboring conferences.