Game arrival time

[Matt S.]

Informal poll: how early are you expected to be in the locker room for your varsity and/or college assignments?

For me, it's an hour for varsity, 75 minutes for D3 Women.

Wondering what the expectation is in other areas.

[SC Official]

45 minutes at the very very earliest on a weeknight.

Should be more like an hour if no conflict with work.

[Matt S.]

Originally Posted by SC Official

45 minutes at the very very earliest on a weeknight.

Should be more like an hour if no conflict with work.

Is that for HS or college?

[APG]

For my high school association: 30 minutes
College: Depends on the conference....latest is 60 minutes prior

[JRutledge]

My standard is an hour for any level of varsity or college unless otherwise stated.

Lower level games can be 30 minutes if started early enough like a 4:30 game.

Peace

[crosscountry55]

Have now officiated in six different states and the standard has always been 60 minutes for varsity. For sub-varsity HS games, pretty much 30 minutes is what I always remember being the mark. Of course one is always encouraged to shoot for a little earlier (~45 min) if possible, but work conflicts are understood and frankly if you're pushing 15 minutes from time to time no one cares as long as you keep your partner informed and get the game in.

For MS games, 20-30 minutes.

For weekend youth/AAU games, my personal standard is proportional to the paltry game fees I earn, meaning usually about 5-10 minutes. And even then, if I have the first slot in the morning, sometimes the gym is still locked when I arrive.

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by Matt S.

Is that for HS or college?

HS.

I meant to say "very latest" rather than "very earliest."

[scrounge]

In this area, it's not absolutely required but it's expected that the varsity officials will arrive 1:30 early and watch the first half of the preceding JV game, offering feedback/comments at halftime to the JV officials. Does it always happen? No, but most of the time, most of the guys are there for at least a quarter and usually the whole half. No set time for sub-varsity, just be out there dressed 15 mins prior to tip. So practically, unless you show up dressed (discouraged, at least for the main conferences), 30 mins is the defacto arrival time.

[Kansas Ref]

Originally Posted by scrounge

In this area, it's not absolutely required but it's expected that the varsity officials will arrive 1:30 early and watch the first half of the preceding JV game, offering feedback/comments at halftime to the JV officials. .

In my experience/observation: no Varsity ref hung around the locker room to give ''advice''/'feedback'' to JV Fresh refs after the game was over. Those JV Fresh refs are high-tailing it out of there after their games--getting home and out of the snow--heck man it's dinner time right after games are done. When I do varsity I do not offer such 'advice' and when I do JV Fresh games I do not solicit such 'advice' from the other crew. In fact, I have not seen anyone do --nor would I expect anyone to attempt to do such. What kind of advice feedback is typically given? Is it necessary to do such?

[constable]

In Ontario, high school games often tip off at 315 or 330.. So 15 minutes is often all that can be expected.

College.. 60 minutes.

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[deecee]

Varsity games i try to make it 60 minutes before but in reality its closer to 30-45 minutes. College - 90 minutes.