Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 550988)

Must be a rich group of schools.

Originally Posted by BillyMac (Post 550990)

It's almost like we're stealing money.

I don't know how our assigner gets such a good contract? We do officiate these games, with the exception of switching on every foul, like we officiate our high school games. I've never had a partner not show up. And almost all of us are high school varsity officials.

These schools all charge admission, all have very busy refreshment stands, and there's usually a 50/50 raffle at every game.

Does any other Forum member get such great fees for "youth" level games?

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 550830)

Last night, we had the draft for the HS level of our local kids rec league. I was administering the JV teams, which are co-ed this year (long story). Anyway, one coach kept complaining about how the draft was being conducted. He made remarks like, "That's not how we did it last year" and "This is stupid". I told him I'd been doing this for 17 years and that's how it was always done. He asked if he could have an advantage by drafting out of turn because "he didn't know the kids as well as some of the other coaches" (all the kids display their skills in front of the coaches, including him, on an "eval night") and wanted to know if he could not have to take any girls on his team because he "didn't know this level was going to be co-ed" even though we discussed it with every JV coach including him at least three times (our "experiment" this year is that each team has one or two girls on it because that's how the registration numbers came out). He criticized our entire Board and made snide comments during the whole evening. He was just a jerk.

When we were done, one of the other Board members came up to me and asked me about this guy, because apparently he was the same way last year. All I said was, "I'll make sure I get scheduled to work all his games." :cool:

Originally Posted by Rita C (Post 551042)

I heard a suggestion for drafting teams that might interest you and might eliminate some of the problems.

Have the managers all help draft the teams. After the teams are drafted, number them and put the numbers in a hat. Have each manager pull a number and that is his team.

Helps them all work to making the talent even.

Rita

Originally Posted by Corndog89 (Post 551013)

Billy Mac: I'm not sure which is the best part: the fees, the organization, or rec partners who not only show up but actually officiate like they're supposed to. And no, in 3 states, I've never had the good fortune to work any rec league that remotely approaches yours or Mark's.

Originally Posted by BillyMac (Post 551080)

Our assigner tried to sign a contract with a few schools in another deanery

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 551106)

What the H-E-double hockey sticks is a deanery?

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 551106)

A bird in the hand is worth about $4.99 a pound.

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 551106)

OK, I'll bite. What the H-E-double hockey sticks is a deanery? Is it like a creamery, but run by Dean Martin? :confused:

Originally Posted by BillyMac (Post 551121)

The Catholic Church grants bishops the possibility of joining together several neighboring parishes into special federations, usually called deaneries.

Originally Posted by BillyMac (Post 550990)

Does any other Forum member get such great fees for "youth" level games?