Arbiter question

[just another ref]

Can the visiting team see who the officials are for their upcoming games?

[Nevadaref]

Does the visiting team administrator have access to the Arbiter group assigning the officials? Basically, is that admin listed as a contact within that Arbiter group?

Some areas have several officiating groups and they service different schools. If the two schools are part of the same officiating group, then both should be able to see any assigned officials. If the visiting team is from outside of the service area, then they would not be able to access that information.

[just another ref]

Yeah, the visiting team is a part of the same group. What happened is that I had games for tomorrow, assigned about a week ago, then was removed from them yesterday. When I inquired why, I was told that I was cut by "one of the participating teams." The visiting team is one with which I have a long and ugly history, so I was not surprised to be cut by them, but the question is why now? The only answer I could think of was that they had just seen who was assigned to the games tomorrow.

I know it sucks to lose a game but you probably didn't want to be on that game anyway. Or your assignor is lying to you.

[SC Official]

In SC schools can block up to 8 officials and those blocks are done through Arbiter. Seems to eliminate this issue.

[Rich]

I assign varsity hoops for 24 schools and the first thing I did when I took the job was lose the "Black List" the previous assigner kept. Most of the coaches who put officials there weren't even coaching anymore. The ones that are still coaching probably forgot why they put the officials on the list.

I'm into year 3 now and there's 1 official I will keep away from 1 school and I have good reasons to do so -- yes, there was an incident. There are also some conflicts of interest I know about and simply schedule around. I just did a count so I could send a preseason email -- I have 264 different officials covering 348 varsity games this season and I don't think it serves the greater good in the long term to let coaches decide who won't (or will) be working their games.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Yeah, the visiting team is a part of the same group. What happened is that I had games for tomorrow, assigned about a week ago, then was removed from them yesterday. When I inquired why, I was told that I was cut by "one of the participating teams." The visiting team is one with which I have a long and ugly history, so I was not surprised to be cut by them, but the question is why now? The only answer I could think of was that they had just seen who was assigned to the games tomorrow.

Did you download a copy of your Arbiter assignment for that game when you first accepted it?

As far as the OhioHSAA and the MichiganHSAA is concerned, a copy of your Arbiter assignment is considered a valid contract. If the game has not been canceled and for whatever reason an official is removed for the game, he or she cannot be removed from the game without having his or her contract bought out.

MTD, Sr.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Did you download a copy of your Arbiter assignment for that game when you first accepted it?

As far as the OhioHSAA and the MichiganHSAA is concerned, a copy of your Arbiter assignment is considered a valid contract. If the game has not been canceled and for whatever reason an official is removed for the game, he or she cannot be removed from the game without having his or her contract bought out.

MTD, Sr.

Seriously? And having heard the whole story this is the way you would handle this?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Seriously? And having heard the whole story this is the way you would handle this?

I know I would be expecting a check.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Seriously? And having heard the whole story this is the way you would handle this?

Just Another Ref:

Evidently, you think it is okay for one of the parties to a contract to breach the contract just because it feels like it without suffering an consequences.

Like Rich said I would be expecting a check. Why? Because I signed a contract to provide that school with certain services. By signing that contract I promised said school that I would not officiate for any other school but them on that date and time. Now said school wants somebody else to officiate thereby depriving me compensation that I would have earned if I had been able to officiate else where. I can also ensure you that if you had breach the contract with said school said school would be coming after you for the breach of contract penalty.

MTD, Sr.

[Rich]

Terrible. If the school didn't pay you I would as an assigner.