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Old Tue Nov 30, 2010, 10:30am
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We believe that it's important to put an official with "fresh legs" in a varsity game whenever possible.
I find this reasoning laughable. When I wear a pedometer working as a member of a 3 person crew, I have never had a game that has reached 8/10s of a mile. Any referee who is not "fresh" after a single 3 p.c. game needs to put in some time getting into better physical condition.
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Old Tue Nov 30, 2010, 07:48am
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They'd tell you that as a varsity official, you weren't allowed to work anything but varsity games and then they'd hand you a schedule with only 1-2 dates per week.
True. On our local board, sometimes it's better to be a top rated "split" official, working both varsity and subvarsity, games, than it is being a low rated "full" varsity official. Often the split official gets a much busier schedule, although with fewer varsity assignments.
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Old Tue Nov 30, 2010, 01:28pm
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"Frowned upon"? See, that's what I don't get. If officials are independent contractors, how can they be restricted from working more than one game?
There is no reason each individual game contract couldn't include restrictions on certain activities for a certain number of hours before the actual game. As it is, they probably include arrival times that are well before the actual game time.
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It's what I never understood about systems where there's only one assignor (who's blessed by the state) and it's "his way or the highway" -- isn't that restricting the trade of an independent contractor?
I'd bet that it is rarely the case that their is only one assignor for EVERYTHING in one area. There may be one for HS ball as it is here, but if someone doesn't like it, they can work non-HS ball (there are plenty of different assignors for that) or, for HS ball, can drive to the next town...a few people do that.
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Old Tue Nov 30, 2010, 03:07pm
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There is no reason each individual game contract couldn't include restrictions on certain activities for a certain number of hours before the actual game. As it is, they probably include arrival times that are well before the actual game time.
Contracts here specify start times. It's practice to show up an hour early, but nothing in writing to force that to happen. That said, I'm usually at least 75 minutes early.

And in my second game, I actually was loose having just worked another game. My old (cough, cough) legs take a little breaking in.
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Old Tue Nov 30, 2010, 03:03pm
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I can only speak for my area, but we don't necessarily "own" our games. If the game is rescheduled, the assignor may check and see if we're free. It might be the case that when the game is rescheduled, we're already working that night and can't take it.
That has been the standard, even if the game is not from an "assignor" in this state.

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Old Mon Nov 29, 2010, 11:43pm
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What normally happens when a game you're assigned to get rescheduled due to weather?
The timer and the bookkeeper usually play one on one.

If necessary, they come to the game by dogsled.
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Old Tue Nov 30, 2010, 04:52am
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The timer and the bookkeeper usually play one on one.

If necessary, they come to the game by dogsled.
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Old Tue Nov 30, 2010, 07:07am
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What normally happens when a game you're assigned to get rescheduled due to weather?

What happens if the game that gets rescheduled to a day where you are assigned another game is playing at the same time?
High school: We get the game back. If already assigned a game on the reschedule date we get to choose the one we want to work.

College: Supervisor says we don't own the game but try to give us the game back.
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