How is it done in your state?

[Rick Vietti]

Rut - I also lived in Illinois for 9 years before moving to Nevada. During that time I put officiating on hiatus because of many reasons (kids, job) but also that it seemed tough to work in Illinois. I originally moved from California which has a similar system to Nevada's.

I lived in a small town (Pontiac) and from talking to guys around there, you had to go out and hustle games for yourself. By hustling, I mean the schools did not go to any specific assigner but officials solicited their own games/contracts.

Is the only purpose of your joining these multiple associations for training and networking purposes?

If you get training material from Bloomington and assignments from assigners for conferences, then what is done with the dues you pay your association?

Otherwise I see no benefit to join an association. It seems in the Illinois system it is better to know as many assigners as possible or in the down state area as many AD's as possible.