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[MichaelVA2000]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

How is it illegal. If I hire a painter to paint my house and he says it will take three days but he only paints 90% of what was agree upon but still takes three days, does he still deserve to be paid for the whole thing?

If you don't do all of the job you're hired to do, why should you get paid for it. In this case, the assignor is telling the officials what the expectations are and what they'll get paid for doing only part of the job he's hiring them for. I can't see how this is a problem if it is both made known and consistently enforced.

Under this logic: If this assignor is evaluating your game and decides that you missed calls, or were out of position on a rotation, weak on a signal mechanic or any other reason; you may be paid less or not at all since these duties are part of the job. Consistency with this logic would certainly add a few extra bucks in this association or assignor's pocket since the association is getting paid for the game having been officiated.

Mistakes could become very expensive for the independent contractor and lucrative for the association or assignor.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by MichaelVA2000

Under this logic: If this assignor is evaluating your game and decides that you missed calls, or were out of position on a rotation, weak on a signal mechanic or any other reason; you may be paid less or not at all since these duties are part of the job. Consistency with this logic would certainly add a few extra bucks in this association or assignor's pocket since the association is getting paid for the game having been officiated.

Mistakes could become very expensive for the independent contractor and lucrative for the association or assignor.

You make a good point about how this could become capricious, but if the assignor states up front that the officials must adhere to X,Y, and Z or they will be fined an amount equal to one game fee, then I believe that is fair.

I would put it as the officials aren't being paid for working the game, I would administer it as a fine that was equal to the game fee. Probably just semantics, but a better justification in my opinion.