Louisiana poised to give officials a raise

[RefAHallic]

http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index...470.xml&coll=1

[RefAHallic]

Basketball officials get $36/official plus travel in a two-man crew. $31/official with travel in a three-person crew.

http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index...230.xml&coll=1

[Mark Dexter]

Wow. In CT, I make more than that for a middle school/JV/freshman game!

I'm assuming that Louisiana is a much bigger football state - $75/official/game seems to indicate where the schools' priorities lie.

[socalreff]

Originally Posted by RefAHallic

Basketball officials get $36/official plus travel in a two-man crew. $31/official with travel in a three-person crew.

http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index...230.xml&coll=1

Yikes!! Ya'll need at least a $20 raise. Hard to survive on a pittance. Here it's $58 a game (2 or 3 person) and it's going up again this year.

[JoeTheRef]

Originally Posted by RefAHallic

Basketball officials get $36/official plus travel in a two-man crew. $31/official with travel in a three-person crew.

http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index...230.xml&coll=1

Thank God we're not in this for the money.

[Mountaineer]

We get $60 for 3-person plus $30 travel (one car) if we travel over 50 miles plus tolls. This will be our second year at that amount. We generally get a 10% raise in all sports every two years.

[mj]

Originally Posted by RefAHallic

Basketball officials get $36/official plus travel in a two-man crew. $31/official with travel in a three-person crew.

http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index...230.xml&coll=1

WOW, welcome the the 70's.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by RefAHallic

Basketball officials get $36/official plus travel in a two-man crew. $31/official with travel in a three-person crew.

http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index...230.xml&coll=1

Not to make you feel bad again, but I just realized that my pay for one night of reffing intramural ball (3 hour-long games, running clock) is about equivalent to what you guys will be getting in LA next year.

Remind me not to go to med school at Tulane!

[Nevadaref]

From the article:
"Certified football officials will earn $75 per game, volleyball officials $55 per two-person crew for a three-of-five match, basketball officials $36 apiece per game for a two-person crew and baseball and softball officials $55 and $47.50 for two-person crews."

Okay, this needs some clarification.
The article clearly states that it is $36 for each basketball official, but it is not so clear with the other fees.
How many football officials are on each game? Is it $75 for the entire crew or for each official?
Volleyball looks like it is $55/2 = $27.50 for each official.
Baseball and softball might also be $27.50 and $23.75 for each official.

So can someone from LA please clarify?

BTW Nevada basketball officials receive $49.50 for each official on varsity games, and we use three officials on the vast majority of the contests. Only the very small schools get only two officials.

[LouisianaDave]

Im in Baton Rouge, Nevada and I will clear up for you.
In terms of basketball it will be 36 for each game, we do 2 game sometimes 3 game sets plus travel. Here in Baton Rouge we get a flat 15 dollar fee so a typical GV and BV would be 36+36+15 which is 87 bucks. Last year the most we could make on a similar set was 58. This is for certified officials which means you made a 90 or above on a test made up by our officiating supervisor. If you are registered(70-79 on test) or approved (80-89) you recieve a 5 dollar demotion respectively. Most parts of LA also use 3 officials for varsity contests.

In terms of football in LA we use a 5 man crew with an official clock keeper. The 75 dollars is for a certified (C) offiial, approved (A) is 65, registered (R) 55. This is for each official. The clock operators now get 40. If your a white hat(referee) you get a 15 bonus so a certified referee gets 90. The previous was 65(C),55(A),45(R) and 27 (CO) with a 5 dollar bonus for a white hat.

Regarding Volleyball and Baseball Im not real sure since I dont officiate those sports.

Hope this clears it up for you. BTW Nevada are you southern or northern NV.

[tomegun]

I don't know if he is on or not, but he is from Northern Nevada (Reno).