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Regular season football rates are ok, but not outstanding.
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The 85/70/60 rate for football would be on the lower end for varsity games in Texas. Most schools above 3A (median classification), except for those in mostly urban districts who's games are not well attended, have pay rates ranging from higher to much higher than that.
This is really one of the problems Texas faces -- effective pay rates for varsity games involving large schools can be quite good (assuming the district pays what they are supposed to). Subvarsity rates, however, are another story. Rates for other sports need to increase. Football officials that work 0-4 subvarsity dates per year don't really care about the fee and may not be willing to risk losing even one Friday night fee to take a stand -- either for football subvarsity or other sports at all levels.