Money issues

[BayStateRef]

Massachusetts:

For high school, we get paid by check from the school, after filling out a voucher at the game site. Checks arrive one to five weeks after the game. I got one fee last year in cash ("Is that OK, ref?") and one school paid by check at the gym. For youth travel or AAU, it is cash at the gym.

There are no assignor fees. Varsity pays $70/game this year; JV and freshmen are $48/game. Youth travel is $40/game (two whistle) for 16-minute halves, stopped time, and AAU is usually $35.

My annual dues are $75. That's it. Covers state & national (IAABO) dues, medical/liability insurance, books and one meal at the annual banquet. My board is also very generous with camp scholarships (usually fully paid) and this year ran a free mini-camp (one day) focusing on 3-person mechanics (which are now being used only for state tournament games.) Our treasurer says we have the lowest dues in Massachusetts.

[Ignats75]

State OHSAA Fee is $55.00
Local Assoc Fee is anywhere from $30 - $60
No Assignor Fees

Each Conference has its own assignor. (Most use The Arbiter)
Independent Schools sometimes have an assignor, and sometimes the AD does it.

About half the schools have the checks waiting for you at the site.

Fees are set by the conferences
Varsity (all 3 person mech Boys and Girls) are between $50-$70
JV (2 person mech) $35-$45
Frosh $25 - $30

[ChuckElias]

My comments aren't critical, but I thought I would comment on a couple minor things in your post, just in case you were interested. If you're not interested, I won't be offended.

Originally Posted by BayStateRef

Massachusetts:

My annual dues are $75. That's it. Covers state & national (IAABO) dues, medical/liability insurance, books and one meal at the annual banquet.

My board's dues are $100. That covers roughly the same as what you've listed. We also pay for the board interpreter and secretary to travel to the Fall IAABO meeting; and for the secretary and president to travel to the Spring IAABO meeting. So that adds a bit of expense.

3-person mechanics (which are now being used only for state tournament games.)

If you'd said "primarily", I wouldn't have a problem with it. But the fact is, 3-whistle is in use during the regular season in varying degrees all across the state. I've been told that there is a conference in Boston that is primarily 3-whistle all season. The Berkshire board has been working 3-whistle for a couple seasons now, at a reduced rate that they negotiated with their schools. The Hampden board has been using 3-whistle for 2 years on a limited basis in their Division 1 games.

Additionally, the MIAA has approved a 3-whistle fee for the upcoming regular season. I can't remember at the moment if it is 80% or 85% of the 2-whistle fee. But it will be either $58 (80%) or $62 (85%). That doesn't mean that schools have to use 3-whistle; but if they do use it, they don't have to haggle with the local board over the fee. The state board of officials voted to oppose a reduced fee for 3-whistle, but personally, I think it's a good idea if we ever actually want it to become accepted.

[LongIslandZebra]

Here in NY, we pay $90 a year for dues. Game fees for public schools are paid in one lump sum at the end of the season. Fees range for $ 82- 106 from JH through Varsity. If you work for private schools they each pay by check shortly after the contest. Rec leagues are mostly cash, some bi-weekly check and range from $ 40-60 for leagues through HS age level.

[BayStateRef]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Varsity is actually going to be $73 this year. Last year was $72 and we were supposed to get a $2 boost, but the MIAA decided to change their recommendation and only bump it a buck.

I think you are mistaken, Chuck.

From the MIAA handbook (Page 93): http://miaa.net/bluebook.htm

91. Recommended Game Officials’ Fee Schedule
                  2006-07    2007-08
Varsity              $70       $71
JV/Freshman       $49       $50

Last year was $68/game for varsity.

You are correct about three-whistle. The MIAA voted to pay 85 percent of the fee if a school elects to use three officials. (None of the schools that I work want to pay the extra money.)

The fees I mentioned for youth travel and AAU are typical in the Boston suburbs. I should have been more clear.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by BayStateRef

I think you are mistaken, Chuck.

From the MIAA handbook (Page 93): http://miaa.net/bluebook.htm

91. Recommended Game Officials’ Fee Schedule
__________2006-07 ____2007-08
Varsity______$70________$71
JV/Fr_______$49________$50

Last year was $68/game for varsity.

Sorry! I guess I got a year ahead of myself. I thought last year was the $70 fee. Shows how much I pay attention to my game checks!

I went back and removed the incorrect fee information I posted. Thanks for the correction.

[PIAA REF]

Pennsylvania Dues are 25 to the Chapter and 30 to the state.

Game dues are as follows (This is only in my district, other PA districts may vary)
Varsity 3-man- 55 per official
JV 2 man- 40 per official
9th 2 man- 30 per
Junior high- 30 1 game, 53 double header

[Rusty Gilbert]

Here in Shreveport, Louisiana, my annual dues of $40 covered books, test, etc. The schools pay (and actually choose) the assignment secretary.

Varsity games are paid a state-determined (see http://www.lhsaa.org/sports/basketba...allby-laws.pdf) flat fee according to the number of games an official works that day PLUS a single patch fee ($0 for "registered officials", $2 for a "approved officials" or $6 for a "certified officials") for the day.

1 game only: $24.50 - $27 (amount depends upon classification)
2 games (a doubleheader): total of $36 for both games
3 games (a tripleheader): total of $54 for all three games

The fee is the same whether a 2-person or 3-person crew is utilized. The school also pays a single 60 cents per mile one-way mileage, which is usually split among the crew.

The typical assignment is for a Louisiana official to work a doubleheader (a varsity girl game and a varsity boys game) and, if the official is "certified," the official will get $42 for the night plus a share of mileage. Most of the time the game fee is given to the official at the game.

In our association, all games are officiated with 3-person crews. I do NOT believe that most of the other Louisiana assiciations use 3-person crews exclusively.

Fees for tournament games and all sub-varsity games are negotiated directly between the officials' association and the schools.

Tournament fees in our area (not just by our association) generally range from $20-$30 per official per game (2 or 3 person crews) with no mileage.

For freshmen and JV games, we charge $25 for one game, $40 for two, with a little mileage if the school is "out of town." I'm not sure what the junior high fee is.

[coach41]

In our association in CA, our yearly fee is $85 (went up recently).

How do we get paid? For high school games, the schools typically send checks to our treasurer. The treasurer then issues our checks to each individual official . What our treasurer does is just lump the checks together. So if you did 5 games at 5 different schools at $20 a piece, he would send you one $100 check.

Typically we get checks twice a season. Once around January for the preseason games and then another around March/April for the regular season and/or postseason games.

If you ref adult leagues and other things, checks typically are sent from the league itself. It all really depends.

As for game pay for high school, it varies with the league you are reffing. I don't have it in front of me, but it's probably in the $50 to $60 range for varsity and $40 to $49 or so for JV/Frosh games.