Season summary

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

November 2009 - February 2010

118 Games:

17 Men's Rec
2 Youth Rec (HS Age) Boys
3 Biddy Regional Tournament Boys (12 & under?)
17 CYO (varied age groups, both genders)
7 Travel League Division B (aka 5th Grade) Boys
4 Travel League Division B (aka 5th Grade) Girls
10 Travel League Division A (aka 6th Grade) Boys
7 Travel League Division A (aka 6th Grade) Girls
4 Junior High C (aka 7th Grade) Boys
4 Junior High C (aka 7th Grade) Girls
5 Junior High JV (aka 8th Grade) Boys
5 Junior High JV (aka 8th Grade) Girls
6 Junior High V (aka Freshman) Boys
6 Junior High V (aka Freshman) Girls
12 HS JV Boys
7 HS JV Girls
1 HS V Boys scrimmage
1 HS V Girls scrimmage

5 3-person
106 2-person
7 1-person

Total earned: $4088.00.

Highest game fee: $53.50 (HS JV)
Lowest game fee: $22.00 (Novice CYO)

Longest drive (1 way) - 40 miles (Men's Rec; after being almost literally begged by the assignor)
Shortest drive (1 way) - 10 miles (three different schools)

Number of partners: 48. I worked with one official 7 times and two others 6 times each.

15 (gulp) Technical Fouls:
Game #34 -- Coach -- 7th grade boys -- unsportsmanlike
Game #45 -- Player -- men's rec -- unsportsmanlike
Game #45 -- Player -- men's rec -- unsportsmanlike (ejection)
Game #50 -- Team -- 8th grade girls -- second delay of game
Game #55 -- Player -- JV boy -- shove
Game #55 -- Coach -- JV boys -- unsportsmanlike
Game #55 -- Player -- JV boy -- unsportsmanlike
Game #56 -- Player -- 8th grade boy -- unsportsmanlike
Game #68 -- Player -- HS boys rec -- unsportsmanlike
Game #89 -- Player -- men's rec -- unsportsmanlike
Game #89 -- Player -- men's rec -- unsportsmanlike (ejection)
Game #96 -- Player -- JV boy -- flagrant technical for shove
Game #96 -- Player -- JV boy -- flagrant technical for shove
Game #97 -- Coach -- CYO -- out of coaching box (about 15' onto the floor arguing straight through my stop sign)
Game #110 -- Player -- CYO -- unsportsmanlike (f-bomb)



This year I bought 0 shirts, 1 pairs of pants, 0 UnderArmour undershirts, a three-pack of socks, and a pair of shoes. Drove 3,220 miles including meetings.

I still have 5 games left--a pair of men's rec games that are worked three-person (a lot of the top officials in our chapter) and three in a regional tournament for Biddy Basketball. Last year teams came from up to 400 miles away! I had the Travel League Boys B division Final Four last night--that was fun!

[PIAA REF]

Off the top pf my head:

42 High School Varsity
of those 26 were boys
16 were girls
9 Juco/D3 Women
2 JV D3 Men's

Highest Game fee: 100
Lowest Game Fee: 60

Worked with one official 9 times (so happends to be my father)

I bought the following: 3 College Shirts, College Jacket, Three new whistles, 2 lanyards, 2 under armor shirts, 2 long underarmor pants.

Made Approx: 3770
Drank 53 bottles of 5 hour energy before games
Drank Approx: 458 bottles of Miller Lite after games

Closest Drive was 2.3 miles
Furthest Drive was 118 miles

I had only 3 technicals this year all on players

1 Emergency Room Visit

NO speeding tickets

LOTS OF FUN!

[Rufus]

62 games:

15 Varsity (all 3-person)
21 JV (all 2-person)
3 9th Grade (all 2-person)
23 MS (all 2-person)

Total earned: $2,600.

Highest game fee: $100
Lowest game fee: $30 (1 MS game)
Average game fee: $64

Drive Distance - never tracked since we get a Per Diem to cover

Number of partners: 30. I worked with three officials 3 times.

This year I bought a new pair of shoes (Official's Footwear - highly recommend them).

Season is over - On to coaching baseball and camp this summer!

[zm1283]

Approximately 124 games since mid-September:

39 Varsity nights (Mostly V/JV doubleheaders, about a 50/50 mix of boys and girls)
6 JV tournament dates, usually 2 games each
2 Freshman games
24 Junior high games, all in the fall
5 Rec league high school games
5 Home school tournament games
1 varsity girls scrimmage

$7,023 made total, including mileage

Longest drive: 125 miles
Shortest drive: Less than five miles in the same city where I live

Bought two new shirts, a pair of pants, and a jacket before the season started. Need new shoes, another couple of shirts, and new whistles before next year.

Gave 5 techincals:

1 JH player
1 JV player
1 V player
1 V coach
1 for the defense slapping the ball on a throw-in

[Rich]

Originally Posted by zm1283

Approximately 124 games since mid-September:

39 Varsity nights (Mostly V/JV doubleheaders, about a 50/50 mix of boys and girls)
6 JV tournament dates, usually 2 games each
2 Freshman games
24 Junior high games, all in the fall
5 Rec league high school games
5 Home school tournament games
1 varsity girls scrimmage

$7,023 made total, including mileage

Longest drive: 125 miles
Shortest drive: Less than five miles in the same city where I live

Bought two new shirts, a pair of pants, and a jacket before the season started. Need new shoes, another couple of shirts, and new whistles before next year.

Gave 5 techincals:

1 JH player
1 JV player
1 V player
1 V coach
1 for the defense slapping the ball on a throw-in

I've used the same whistle all season. I have a bagful of whistles and will likely use the same one until I crack it.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I've used the same whistle all season. I have a bagful of whistles and will likely use the same one until I crack it.

Or you violate rule # 1.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Or you violate rule # 1.

What's that?

[JPaco54]

It would be interesting to see what all of your total net income is after expenses and travel costs. I haven't finished my total out of pocket yet but it will be around $1000 expense mostly for travel and dues. Did not buy much new equipment this year, oh - and 6 tubes of icy hot - one new ace bandage - 6 bottles of Advil - a new hot water bottle - new cold water bottle - one knee support (stole from my son) - 2 bottles of hair gel - 2 tubes of Old Spice antiperspirant - 1 pair of heel supports - 1 bottle of Febreeze - 2 bottles of shampoo - 6 bars of soap - 6 boxes of granola bars - 6 boxes of Smucker's Uncrustables peanut butter jelly sandwiches - 3 tubes of Chap-Aid lipbalm - 2 bottles of prescription pain meds - 6 B12 shots - one large container of chocolate protein mix - 1 case of rice milk - 6 bottles of hand sanitizers - 2 new terry cloth white towels - package of band aids - 1 box of alchohol swipes - 2 pairs of soft gel ear plugs - 1 new Dunkin Donuts coffee travel mug - and a bunch of lunches at Subway....

[Adam]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

What's that?

You're just trying to raise Billy's blood pressure.

[DLH17]

Since January 2nd:

54 games
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4 sub varsity
14 7th-8th grade
2 5th-6th grade
21 Tournament games - various age levels
13 Adult wreck league
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high fee: 40
low fee: 20
avg fee: 25
total fees: 1338

[biggravy]

42 games
21 HS GV/BV doubleheaders
Longest drive- 76 miles
Shortest drive- 5 miles
Average drive- who knows
Bought: I shirt, 1 pair of shoes, 1 whistle, 1 jacket
$- 4200
Highest pay: 100
Lowest pay: 100
Average pay: 100
Number of tylenol taken before games: 42
Number of Aleve taken after games: 42
Number of technicals: 2
Number of fans thrown out: 1 (lol, finally)
Number of fine cigars smoked on the way home from games: 20
Number of fine adult beverages consumed after games: 63
Different partners: 23
Partners I look forward to working with again: 23
Games called with the entire crotch of my pants coming unstitched: 1
Pants sewed up by wife: 1

Interesting facts:

Looking forward to my first college camp this summer.
One technical, to a coach, pretty sure I am at the top of his hate list now.
One technical, to a player for slamming the ball 30 feet in the air after a foul. I was told I was supposed to ignore that b/c he was mad at himself not at me.
For the first time in ten seasons I threw a fan out. It was pretty funny.
Number of fans eardrums I blew out hitting my whistle to throw her out- 1.
I have used the same whistle every game for five years now. Yea Fox40.
No, my lard butt didn't rip the pants. The seam came undone. No one noticed. Whew.

[muxbule]

Season ended tonight with a semi final GV in district play. Just wanted to thank all the posters on this forum because I really feel reading this has made me a better official. I don't post often but I read it daily. I find it educational and funny. Just wish I knew more of the inside jokes.
I recommend this site to many officials I work with each year. Thanks again.