Adjusting officiating level to pay

[drinkeii]

I have worked with several officials who have made comments such as "I'm not making a call like that for what I'm getting paid for this" or "It's only $10 per game - I'm not gonna hustle for that".

Is this a common attitude? I feel that regardless of what you're being paid, you'd better hustle and do the job right, for several reasons. Liability, for one - if you let it get out of hand just because you're not being paid much, seems like you're sticking your neck out pretty bad if someone gets hurt. Another would be common sense - you agreed to do the game, presumably knowing what the pay would be - shouldn't you do your best?