Women Refs in the NBA

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Altor

Wow. I save my officiating money in a separate bank account (makes it easier for bookkeeping). But then the vast majority of it gets spent on our family vacation. I justify the nights away from my family by taking them on a trip for a week every summer.

When I first started officiating my High School association only paid us at the end of the season. So every March I would take that money and first pay off all my credit cards.

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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

When I first started officiating my High School association only paid us at the end of the season. So every March I would take that money and first pay off all my credit cards.

Approximately half of the school systems (high schools and middle schools), here in my little corner of Connecticut use ArbiterPay, and I elect to get the money in the form of a direct deposit into my checking account rather than as a check, or a debit card. I let the money accumulate in ArbiterPay all season long, occasionally checking to insure that I was paid, and only transfer the sum total into my checking account at the end of the season, like a giant balloon payment. Part of the money usually goes to my tax accounting firm, Dewey, Cheatem and Howe. Some of the rest usually pre-pays (gets me a discount) my lawn maintenance company (fertilizer, insecticide, herbicide, lime) for the upcoming season.

I wasn't a big fan at first, worried about ArbiterPay having my bank account information and Social Security Number, but I'm now a fan, although I still like opening up my mailbox and occasionally finding a nice surprise check from non-ArbiterPay school systems.

[Altor]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I wasn't a big fan at first, worried about ArbiterPay having my bank account information and Social Security Number, but I'm now a fan

You are still a fan after the all the security breaches they've had? After the last one, I had to change my bank account number and I ordered one of their debit cards to limit my exposure from their ineptness as much as possible.

I don't get paid by ArbiterPay very often, but I move the money to the debit card ASAP and find an excuse to spend it shortly after that. It's bad enough they have my SSN, they aren't getting another bank account number for me for somebody to hack.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Altor

You are still a fan after the all the security breaches they've had? After the last one, I had to change my bank account number and I ordered one of their debit cards to limit my exposure from their ineptness as much as possible.

So my initial worries were not unfounded. And I thought that I was just being an old man not wanting change and being afraid of technology.

Have to go now and yell at neighbor kids to get off my front lawn. I may have to turn the hose on them.