Pay

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

What's the difference if the assignor gets paid by the membership in form of kickback or directly by the school?

Maybe it's just me, but I think it borders on being unethical for an assignor to receive payments from the people who receive his assignments. The money changes hands too many times. It goes from the school to the official to the association to the assignor. Just seems like too much possibility for funny business. Streamline it so that the school pays the officials for the game and the school pays the assignor for making the assignments.

Are you suggesting assignors should not get paid?

Of course not, but 25% of every game check is usury. The MA fee for a varsity game is $72, I believe. 25% of that is $18. I work roughly 20 varsity games a year. That would be a charge of $360 per season! I pay a third of that for my college schedule!!

Let the assignor negotiate an assigning fee with the schools and let the officials negotiate a game fee with the schools.