First game... trial by fire

[jTheUmp]

I did call (well, email actually) my partner about 5 days before the game to confirm the date, time, and location. And he did respond confirming all of those details.

He blamed it on a brain fart... those happen to the best of us on occasion.

I didn't say anything to my partner about pay, partly because they already had checks there for us, partly because I'm working with him again early next week and I don't want to be 'that guy' this early in my basketball career, and partly because I'm honestly not too concerned about the pay. I'm not doing this strictly for the money (although it's obviously a nice touch).

I do plan on emailing my assigner about it, and if the assigner wants to make it an issue, that's fine with me. I think the assoication has some rules about pay when one official is late or misses a game, but I can't quote them offhand.

Of course, if I had been the one showing up 3/4 of the way through the game, I'd have immediately offered to give my partner most or all of my pay for that game.