[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by Rich

For the vast majority of people, officiating is not what pays the mortgage. I know it doesn't pay mine.

There is a risk here -- people who put officiating stuff on a resume run the risk of having someone read it who thinks "he's going to want to leave work early" or "he won't be available to be 'on call' in the evenings" or "he won't want to travel for the job and miss games." Or they could be amongst those idiots who think all referees are turds...(My LinkedIn page includes officiating, BTW. People will look there even if I don't have it on my resume.)

Exactly the same for me. I've been in sales all my working life and I've been in position to hire people. With a stack of resumes to sift through, a manager is looking for reasons to weed some out. Any avocation requiring multiple nights a week on the fringe of the workday just make it an easy reason to push them aside for the reasons you list. I've never included it on my career resume, but I have a separate officiating resume. Also listed as "Skill" on on my LinkedIn page.