Should we ref at schools we are associated with

[Mike Burns]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
If you have a connection to the school, you should not ref there unless there is some huge emergency/referee shortage.

Most referees can block this sort of thing out (some even tend to give calls to the visiting team), but all that is needed is the appearance of impropriety. All it takes is one last-second shot (which may be called correctly) in the home team's favor to tarnish that ref's reputation.

Excellent.

I do not work regular season games at the school which my daughter attends. My wife is also a teacher at the same school. I will work scrimmages and have even helped in a summer tournament. I don't get paid for these games (unless you count the pizza and coke).

I feel that I COULD work regular season games, but as Mark posted, I want to avoid any APPEARANCE of impropriety, so I scratch this school with my assigner for the regular HS season.

Mike