Delaware Officials Strike?

[Altor]

The argument made by the Delmarva Football Officials Association, who looked to get an even bigger raise last August and briefly went on strike during the preseason, was that football officials work the longest games, so they should get more money.

Somebody has never been to a track and field meet.

[BillyMac]

Makes me glad that sports officials in Connecticut long ago agreed to accept yearly increases based on the average pay increase of all teachers in the state.

No more annual negotiations behind closed doors in smoke filled back rooms.

I'm having trouble wrapping my head around the idea (if I'm reading SCalScoreKeeper's post correctly) that all varsity officials in Delaware get the same fee, no matter what the sport.

Here in Connecticut I believe that ice hockey officials are paid the most, by far. Ice hockey officials require skill (skating), equipment (skates, helmets), and rules expertise that are far and above most other sports, and seem to deserve the most pay.

Of course baseball and softball also require a lot of "behind the plate" equipment.

I don't know what they are (maybe swimming or track), but I'm sure that there are sports that require less skill, physical prowess, expertise, and time commitment than ice hockey, football, or basketball.

Do those volleyball guys really get a physical workout climbing up and down those ladders?

Shouldn't supply and demand come into play?

[BillyMac]

Here in Connecticut, subvarsity basketball officials will get a relatively big raise next year.

It started a few years ago when the CIAC wanted all basketball officials (we were the last sport to not do so) to become dues paying members the NFHS.

Connecticut being a 100% IAABO state, we already got our NFHS rulebooks and NFHS casebooks from IAABO so we saw no value in joining the NFHS and held out.

Keep in mind that IAABO used to annually provide all members with NFHS rulebooks and NFHS casebooks, a practice that stopped this year when IAABO published their own "rules guide", while still strongly suggesting that members purchase their own NFHS rulebooks and NFHS casebooks directly from the NFHS.

Using a carrot instead of a stick, the CIAC negotiated with our state IAABO board.

We will all join the NFHS next year.

In return ...

Next year the CIAC will increase the subvarsity (junior varsity, freshmen, middle school) game fee from 65% of a varsity fee (as it’s been for at least four decades) to 70% of a varsity fee (on top of an annual cost of living increase equal to the average increase in teacher pay statewide that we’ve been getting for decades).

The CIAC has also promised to assign more three person crews in the state tournament next year (three person crews have only been mandatory starting in the quarterfinals for the past several years).

While the initial incentive surrounding this was about joining the NFHS, it really came down to the CIAC realizing that it needed to do more to recruit and retain new basketball officials statewide.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Altor

Somebody has never been to a track and field meet.

Right?! Even simple dual meets take at least three hours.


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