The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Basketball

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old Fri Apr 21, 2017, 03:53pm
This IS My Social Life
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: at L, T, or C
Posts: 2,379
Organization Matters

In our state all officials are registered with the state association but are independent contractors for officiating services provided to schools, with each official expected to be a member of a local association for purposes of training. Fees paid for regular season games are determined solely by the schools.
Are there any states whose officials have organized themselves together as a group, for instance for purposes of training and collective bargaining with the schools through the state association?
__________________
Making Every Effort to Be in the Right Place at the Right Time, Looking at the Right Thing to Make the Right Call
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:32pm
Do not give a damn!!
 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: On the border
Posts: 30,463
Sounds eerily like my state.

Peace
__________________
Let us get into "Good Trouble."
-----------------------------------------------------------
Charles Michael “Mick” Chambers (1947-2010)
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:47pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Katy, Texas
Posts: 8,033
Organizations like this are slowly starting to find themselves on the wrong side of the employee/contractor argument.
__________________
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, 'I drank what?'”

West Houston Mike
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old Fri Apr 21, 2017, 05:35pm
LRZ LRZ is offline
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: SE PA
Posts: 768
In PA, there is (or was) interest in an organization called Pennsylvania Sports Officials Union (PASOOC), after an NLRB ruling that officials were employees, not independent contractors. I think that ruling was appealed, but I do not know the current status.
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old Fri Apr 21, 2017, 05:49pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 64
Quote:
Originally Posted by LRZ View Post
In PA, there is (or was) interest in an organization called Pennsylvania Sports Officials Union (PASOOC), after an NLRB ruling that officials were employees, not independent contractors. I think that ruling was appealed, but I do not know the current status.
The PASOOC was allowed to try and have a majority vote for a union. Not sure how it went on the Eastern side of the state but there wasn't a lot of desire, in my opinion, on the Western side. The last I heard, they didn't get enough people to vote. That may be incorrect though. The state association is being very quiet about the whole thing.

In PA we have the state association, PIAA and each official must belong to a local chapter.
__________________
"He who says he can and he who says he can't are both usually correct." - Confucius
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old Fri Apr 21, 2017, 06:06pm
Certified Non-Fanboy
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: In the state where the Christmas trees grow
Posts: 159
Quote:
Originally Posted by Freddy View Post
Are there any states whose officials have organized themselves together as a group, for instance for purposes of training and collective bargaining with the schools through the state association?
Yes.
Reply With Quote
  #7 (permalink)  
Old Sat Apr 22, 2017, 09:34pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 1,966
In South Carolina, SCHSL officials belong to the South Carolina Basketball Officials Association (SCBOA). Hypothetically, we're an independent entity, but not in practice. The SCHSL assigns all varsity games, receives our registration fees, writes our exam, and essentially controls every facet of basketball and football officiating in the state, and they'll never give up that control unless the coaches and ADs start complaining.

SC is a weird state to officiate in.
Reply With Quote
  #8 (permalink)  
Old Sun Apr 23, 2017, 03:03am
This IS My Social Life
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: at L, T, or C
Posts: 2,379
Thanx to all who responded. Except for Maineac . Found a June 2016 Referee magazine article on what they were trying to do in MS, LA, and PA. Was more a historical question than anything. I knew it had something to do with independent contractor status issues or something like that.
__________________
Making Every Effort to Be in the Right Place at the Right Time, Looking at the Right Thing to Make the Right Call
Reply With Quote
  #9 (permalink)  
Old Sun Apr 23, 2017, 07:58am
Certified Non-Fanboy
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: In the state where the Christmas trees grow
Posts: 159
Quote:
Originally Posted by freddy View Post
except for maineac :d.
Reply With Quote
  #10 (permalink)  
Old Sun Apr 23, 2017, 04:51pm
Ok is the new good
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 654
In California..we have the CBOA which is made up of area associations. Game Fees are negotiated by the CBOA Board with the CIF which is made of the schools. All schools pay same game fees.
Reply With Quote
  #11 (permalink)  
Old Sun Apr 23, 2017, 05:08pm
LRZ LRZ is offline
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: SE PA
Posts: 768
I think that the independent contractor/employee question has also arisen in several Third Circuit law suits alleging sex discrimination. If I recall correctly, in the one from PA against PIAA, the plaintiff prevailed on both the employee issue and the merits of her claim.
Reply With Quote
  #12 (permalink)  
Old Sun Apr 23, 2017, 06:11pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 14,995
Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Rookie View Post
In California..we have the CBOA which is made up of area associations. Game Fees are negotiated by the CBOA Board with the CIF which is made of the schools. All schools pay same game fees.
That may be the way it is in your area, but that is not true for all of California. My group isn't part of CBOA at all.
Reply With Quote
  #13 (permalink)  
Old Sun Apr 23, 2017, 08:07pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 121
In CT, all officials are members of the local IAABO board that serves the town where they reside. If you work in a different area and want to officiate there, you have to become a dual member and still have the board serving your home town as your home board. There are many officials that belong to their home board and officiate for a different board through the dual membership option.

All the local boards report to the state board, who works closely with the CIAC (manages high school athletics in CT). Our fees are the same throughout the state and (I think) tied to the COL adjustment teachers negotiate through collective bargaining (or something like that - Billy probably knows more on this aspect). So, basically, every year, we usually get a small increase in the game fee.

All the board have commissioners that assign all the games for schools that board serves.
Reply With Quote
  #14 (permalink)  
Old Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:17pm
Esteemed Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 22,934
Dueling Banjos (Deliverance, 1972) ...

Quote:
Originally Posted by RefCT View Post
In CT, all officials are members of the local IAABO board that serves the town where they reside. If you work in a different area and want to officiate there, you have to become a dual member and still have the board serving your home town as your home board. There are many officials that belong to their home board and officiate for a different board through the dual membership option.
In some parts of Connecticut, it's becoming more difficult to live in one assigning area (usually by county) and officiate in another assigning area. Thirty years ago it was very common to be such a "dual" member, which allowed an official who lives in one area to officiate games in another area; where he works, where he grew up, where he first started officiating, where he went to college, etc. That's starting to change. My local board no longer allows "dual" members, other than those who have been grandfathered in. If you want to officiate in my little corner of Connecticut, you must reside in my little corner of Connecticut. I don't believe that it's a statewide policy, but rather, is handled by each local board.
__________________
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

“I was in prison and you came to visit me.” (Matthew 25:36)

Last edited by BillyMac; Mon Apr 24, 2017 at 06:18am.
Reply With Quote
  #15 (permalink)  
Old Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:25pm
Esteemed Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 22,934
Diet Cola ...

Quote:
Originally Posted by RefCT View Post
All the local boards report to the state board, who works closely with the CIAC (manages high school athletics in CT). Our fees are the same throughout the state, tied to the COL adjustment teachers negotiate through collective bargaining ... So, basically, every year, we usually get a small increase in the game fee.
RefCT is correct, with one caveat. Due to decreasing State educational subsidies to local school systems, the IAABO State board, and the CIAC, have agreed that officials will not be getting a fee increase next year. I guess I'll have to go back to officiating croquet to make up for the income shortfall due to inflation.

(Note: Game fees for 2016-17: Varsity fee: $94.63; Subvarsity fee: $61.39)
__________________
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

“I was in prison and you came to visit me.” (Matthew 25:36)

Last edited by BillyMac; Mon Apr 24, 2017 at 06:19am.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Association Matters Freddy Basketball 4 Tue May 20, 2014 08:03pm
Organization of a New Pool Just Curious Basketball 1 Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:57pm
Organization affiliation doghead Basketball 2 Fri Sep 21, 2001 09:40am


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:00am.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1