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[CJP]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I do feel we need to do a better job to recruit younger officials.

I agree. I found it especially difficult to recruit in rural areas. The younger guys I know who actually have interest will not do it because they have young families. We drive 100+ miles to do games sometimes. That is a lot of time away from home. It is only going to get worse as older guys retire.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by CJP

We drive 100+ miles to do games sometimes.

That's crazy. My longest trip (one way) is 55 miles.

I hope that you get to work one of those boy/girl doubleheaders after such a long journey, and/or get mileage.

Wasn't there a Forum member a few years ago that used to take airplane trips to his games in Alaska? That's also crazy.

I worked a game a few years ago where the visiting team took the ferry from Fishers Island, a small island in Long Island Sound (between Connecticut and Long Island, New York) to Connecticut. Fishers Island School only has about 70 students total, from kindergarten to twelfth grade. Now that was also crazy. I wonder who works their home games and what teams take the ferry to play Fishers Island School?

[CJP]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

That's crazy. My longest trip (one way) is 55 miles.

I hope that you get to work one of those boy/girl doubleheaders after such a long journey, and/or get mileage.

Wasn't there a Forum member a few years ago that used to take airplane trips to his games in Alaska? That's also crazy.

I worked a game a few years ago where the visiting team took the ferry from Fishers Island, a small island in Long Island Sound (between Connecticut and Long Island, New York) to Connecticut. Fishers Island School only has about 70 students total, from kindergarten to twelfth grade. Now that was also crazy. I wonder who works their home games and what teams take the ferry to play Fishers Island School?

Double header varsity games are nice but most nights they are not DH. Pay is about $90 for a jv/varsity game. One guy will usually get milage so we try to ride with each other most times. There are times when the officials come from different towns and some schools will pay us each milage. Our trips are 30-100+ miles (one way). The furthest I traveled last year was 180 miles (one way) for a DH. A friend of mine had a guy back out so I stepped up. That milage check was nice but my whole day was lost. I am not sure it was worth it. I don't think I would do it again.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by CJP

The furthest I traveled last year was 180 miles (one way) for a DH.

That's insane. Connecticut is only 120 miles wide at it's widest.

Book a seat on one of those puddle jumpers, like they do in Alaska.

Originally Posted by CJP

Pay is about $90 for a jv/varsity game.

Please tell me that that's the pay for each game of the jv/varsity doubleheader, not the pay for both games.

[CJP]

No. The going rates that most schools in the area pay are $60 for a varsity game and $30 for a JV game. There are some schools that pay a little more because they realize guys have to travel farther to get to the games.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by CJP

We drive 100+ miles to do games sometimes ...

Originally Posted by CJP

Pay is about $90 for a jv/varsity game ... The furthest I traveled last year was 180 miles (one way) for a DH.

Originally Posted by CJP

The going rates that most schools in the area pay are $60 for a varsity game and $30 for a JV game.

No wonder you have trouble recruiting new talent. From what you've told us, you couldn't recruit me if you promised me a state final my first year.

(Connecticut Game Fees for 2018-2019: Varsity Fee: $97.17, Subvarsity Fee: $63.05. No mileage. Fees per person for a two person game.)

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by CJP

No. The going rates that most schools in the area pay are $60 for a varsity game and $30 for a JV game. There are some schools that pay a little more because they realize guys have to travel farther to get to the games.

At those rates, it probably costs you to work a game between all the expenses.

[sdoebler]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

At those rates, it probably costs you to work a game between all the expenses.

Similar rates here, I had a thread prior to last season that tried to outline fees per state.