A tale of two games

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I just moved from an area where MS games paid $12.50 each, usually for three games totalling $37.50. I did one season.

Wow, hardly worth the drive! We get $38.70/MS or F/JV game* (no mileage).

* sometimes we'll even get a free gatorade or water too!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Wow, hardly worth the drive! We get $38.70/MS or F/JV game* (no mileage).

* sometimes we'll even get a free gatorade or water too!

That's why I quit doing them after my first season in that association. Getting off of work two hours early to run 3 ms games on a tartan for peanuts? Priceless.

I figured as long as they had officials willing to work at that price, that's all they'd pay.

[Mark Padgett]

Our local kids rec league, of which I am on the Board, pays $23 for 3-8 grade games (to officials with at least 4 years experience - first year starts at $17 per game, still not bad for a HS kid who needs some extra cash) and $25 for HS level rec games. If you work alone, you get 1 1/2 times the rate. The "competitive" 5-8 league I work pays $32.50 if you work a single game and $30 per game if you work two or more in a row. The "rip-off" is that if you work alone, you get only $35 per game regardless of how many in a row you work. That sucks. Their tournament games pay only $25 per game. The upside is that in that league, you get paid at the game, about half the time in cash, the other half by check. Our local rec league pays by check monthly and you have to submit a "time sheet".