Assignor Pay

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Player989random

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Our assignments are coming to us with anywhere from 72-24 hours notice. All assignments. This is frustrating the hell out of our refs, and we're starting to lose people.

I assume you mean your current assignor is giving out the assignments at that time. Or, do you mean your current assignor is getting the games from the schools less than a week before and then assigns them. That is...is it all on him or are there bigger problems?

Assigning is a lot more work than some may realize. Don't underestimate the work required.

[Player989random]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I assume you mean your current assignor is giving out the assignments at that time. Or, do you mean your current assignor is getting the games from the schools less than a week before and then assigns them. That is...is it all on him or are there bigger problems?

Assigning is a lot more work than some may realize. Don't underestimate the work required.

It’s on him. The schools give the schedule out on time. And I’m here precisely to figure out how much I should be paid for this.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

My local board pays our assignment commissioner $31,920.00. He assigns for about seventy high schools (boys, girls, varsity, junior varsity, freshman), and a few dozen middle schools (boys, girls). We have about 320 officials on my local board.

Originally Posted by Player989random

16 Public HS, Roughly 15 MS, 15 Private HS

Originally Posted by Player989random

And I’m here precisely to figure out how much I should be paid for this.

It looks like you service about half of the schools that we service so how about $15,000.00 for an opening offer?

Just don't push a hard bargain and end up like Jimmy Hoffa. I may have seen him at a 7-11 last week? Maybe not?

[bas2456]

I'm confident you can do better than assigning officials 72-24 hours beforehand. I'm blown away by that.

I have no idea what you should charge. I just know that I'm about 60% full for NEXT SEASON already. It's not right that your officials find out they have games the same week on the regular.

[Multiple Sports]

Please don't underestimate this job. It is a 24 / 7 job. You will be attached to your phone. If you are married, please have conversation with your wife. You will receive turnbacks at all hours. If you have 100 officials, you have 100 differnt reasons why guys officiate.

Questions to consider....

What is your turnback policy ??

If you have small college officials will you accept turnbacks so they can work a D3 assignment ???

Do you value availability or ability more when assigning???

These are a few questions to ponder, I will post more as we continue this thread.

[Player989random]

Originally Posted by bas2456

I'm confident you can do better than assigning officials 72-24 hours beforehand. I'm blown away by that.

I have no idea what you should charge. I just know that I'm about 60% full for NEXT SEASON already. It's not right that your officials find out they have games the same week on the regular.

I've spoken with the current assignor and the guy who quit before him. Apparently, the commissioner has to approve all assignments. This is what is holding up the entire operation. The guy who quit last year would fill out 1-2 months of the schedule, but none of the assignments would be approved ahead of time. Compounding this issue, during the week of the game, changes would be made by the commissioner.

Armed with this new info, I'm going to decline to be apart of this madness. I appreciate the advice of everyone who had something to say.

[Rich1]

Originally Posted by Player989random

I've spoken with the current assignor and the guy who quit before him. Apparently, the commissioner has to approve all assignments. This is what is holding up the entire operation. The guy who quit last year would fill out 1-2 months of the schedule, but none of the assignments would be approved ahead of time. Compounding this issue, during the week of the game, changes would be made by the commissioner.

Armed with this new info, I'm going to decline to be apart of this madness. I appreciate the advice of everyone who had something to say.

Why have an assignor if the commissioner ultimately sets the schedule? We are currently having this battle in my organization -- the 3 presidents (elect, current, and past) want to approve all games. The bulk of our members agree that we should trust the guys we are paying to do the schedule and if they are screwing it up the board can replace them. Unfortunately, some presidents/commissioners just want too much power.

[Multiple Sports]

Administrators only really care that when they call the assigner, the assigner responds promptly later that day. Besides rescheduling a game, they have buses to worry about, notifying coaches and everything else in their day.
Whether Cam Rust and Billy Mac work the game or Raymond and Nevada Ref is really irrelevant to an AD. It's high school basketball and some guys are better than others.

[Player989random]

Originally Posted by Rich1

Why have an assignor if the commissioner ultimately sets the schedule? We are currently having this battle in my organization -- the 3 presidents (elect, current, and past) want to approve all games. The bulk of our members agree that we should trust the guys we are paying to do the schedule and if they are screwing it up the board can replace them. Unfortunately, some presidents/commissioners just want too much power.

This is the issue I'm starting to suspect. I'm not sure we can fix that. Not in a pretty manner anyway. We don't have "voting rights" in my group. As Raymond mentioned, we're owned by one guy, and he calls the shots.

[The_Rookie]

Originally Posted by Rich1

Why have an assignor if the commissioner ultimately sets the schedule? We are currently having this battle in my organization -- the 3 presidents (elect, current, and past) want to approve all games. The bulk of our members agree that we should trust the guys we are paying to do the schedule and if they are screwing it up the board can replace them. Unfortunately, some presidents/commissioners just want too much power.

TOO MANY COOKS IN THE KITCHEN....People need to learn to stay in your own lane

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by bas2456

I'm confident you can do better than assigning officials 72-24 hours beforehand. I'm blown away by that.

Yeah no kidding! Just ask Rich. In Wisconsin he assigns officials 72-24 years in advance.



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[Rich]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Yeah no kidding! Just ask Rich. In Wisconsin he assigns officials 72-24 years in advance.



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I just signed a contract to officiate a game in 2023.


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[ilyazhito]

How does that make any sense? That's like 3 years away, and for all I know you could retire by then or move out of state.

If I get asked to be an observer down the road, I might be interested in doing that, but I am not interested in assigning, because I do not want to deal with complaints from coaches about the officials they get, or from officials about my assigning decisions.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rich

I just signed a contract to officiate a game in 2023.

I could be dead by then. Survived one heart attack, don't know it I'll survive the second.

Of course one could always get hit by a bus.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Player989random

It’s on him. The schools give the schedule out on time. And I’m here precisely to figure out how much I should be paid for this.

I would guess that, to a large degree, the fee is already set -- by the customs and practices in your area. Asking what others earn across the country won't be of much help. Instead, you need to figure out whether you are willing to do the work required for the fee being offered.

It's kind of like officiating fees -- just because BM gets $93.17 for a game in his corner doesn't mean I can get that where I work.