DBREF,

Why would you want to drive 62 miles in traffic to do a basketball game? Do you not have enough schools in your area?

Kinda depends on the level of the game, doesn't it? I've driven from Springfield, MA to NYC a couple times. . .

Kinda depends on the level of the game, doesn't it? I've driven from Springfield, MA to NYC a couple times. . . [/B][/QUOTE]Didya have to show your passport and green card at the border?

Green card?!?! I don' need no stinking green card!

Whats it like to work in the DC area? I was up there this summer for a week "vacation" and I wondered what it would be like to live and referee up there. Come to think of it. I didnt see any schools directly in the DC area.

Here in San Diego, CA our fees for a varsity game are $55 and a JV game is $40. I have traveled out to games which have been cancelled without my knowledge, and I have always been paid for them.

Whether or not you get paid has nothing to do with the money -- it has to do with respect for your time and effort. Also, when I schedule a game that gets canceled, frequently I could've worked a different game instead, but blocked off my schedule since I already had a game booked.

If a school can get away without paying for someone that drives to the school, what incentive do they have to call in a timely manner?

Rich

Do youse guys pay the schools
 

or the assignor, for that matter, if you miss the game?

That is how far away some of the schools are. We have about 90 HS in the northern VA area and it just keeps getting larger. Had a GV game last night at a school that just opened this year and we have 3 more schools set to open next year. Granted, 62 miles is not the norm and would only happen a couple of times a season, but it does happen. When I was a JV official, my assignor would call me and "asked me very nicely" if I could go do that game rather than my original assignment and 90% of the time, I would go. She would then reward me with a GV game (not a top game, but varsity nonetheless). Worked OK for me.

Didya have to show your passport and green card at the border? [/B][/QUOTE]

He snuck under the radar.

Turns out he came in on a pogo stick.

He snuck under the radar.

Turns out he came in on a pogo stick. [/B][/QUOTE]Chuckie McBoingBoing!

The picture of him on a pogo stick, with a referee's shirt on and his whistle flying, just a hoppin' down the freeway just flashed through my mind. :D

Nah, I think that he probably came via his usual way:
http://www.seussville.com/seussville...rt/scooter.gif

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Dec 21st, 2003 at 04:14 AM]

Chuckie McBoingboing?

Maybe you can try & get your money back 'cause you are one heartless SOB :p

Oh yeah, lay it on poor old Woody! Who brought up the pogo stick in the first place? Who e-mailed the picture of the squirrel to me? Etc.,Etc.,Etc.

Yup, push the buzzer and watch the old guy respond. Hell,at least the rats get pellets when they're done!