Are You Ready? Personal Prep for Season

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

I don't understand how I could not show a profit. In 2014 I brought in $5725.80 and drove 4300 miles. I think I have $55 to the state and $75 to my association. Uniforms purchases and shoes came out to around $200. What am I missing?

You either make a lot of money per game (relatively speaking) or your games/meetings/etc. are really close to your home.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

I don't understand how I could not show a profit. In 2014 I brought in $5725.80 and drove 4300 miles. I think I have $55 to the state and $75 to my association. Uniforms purchases and shoes came out to around $200. What am I missing?

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

You either make a lot of money per game (relatively speaking) or your games/meetings/etc. are really close to your home.

Close to home? He drove 4300 miles to make $5,700. If I'm not mistaken, that's 133 miles driven for every $100 earned. That doesn't sound like "close to home" to me.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

You either make a lot of money per game (relatively speaking) or your games/meetings/etc. are really close to your home.

We pretty much do two games every time. 2 jh was $90, jv varsity $100, Var and var $110 plus mileage. I would say average game was 100ish miles round trip. However there is some nights where I would ride with someone else and get no mileage.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

We pretty much do two games every time. 2 jh was $90, jv varsity $100, Var and var $110 plus mileage. I would say average game was 100ish miles round trip. However there is some nights where I would ride with someone else and get no mileage.

I go to 3 camps every off-season, one of them is 300 miles away. That will eat into profits.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

We pretty much do two games every time. 2 jh was $90, jv varsity $100, Var and var $110 plus mileage. I would say average game was 100ish miles round trip. However there is some nights where I would ride with someone else and get no mileage.

And that explains the difference....do 1 game assignments and your income drops but the mileage doesn't and you get into the break-even or loss range if you have a few extra expenses. The only common doubles we do are JH games and we don't get $90 for the pair, more like $65.

I have typically made some money in most years but have lost in a few when I've bought uniform stuff AND gone to camps.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

And that explains the difference....do 1 game assignments and your income drops but the mileage doesn't and you get into the break-even or loss range if you have a few extra expenses. The only common doubles we do are JH games and we don't get $90 for the pair, more like $65.

I have typically made money some money in most years but have lost in a few when I've bought uniform stuff AND gone to camps.

That makes sense. I was wondering how I could even be close to it but If I cut income nearly in half I can see the possibility.

[zm1283]

I'm in the same boat as Jeremy (And the same state). We nearly always work two games a night and I always show a pretty good profit. Once I whittle it down with mileage, uniforms, etc it is less sizeable, but I have shown a profit every year I have officiated.