$3.19

[Welpe]

I'm not paying it too much mind right now. I do this for fun though the extra coin is nice at times. This is one of the few "hobbies" where I actually get a check in return.

I make a good living in a job I don't particularly enjoy, and officiating is an escape for me. So even if I did lose money, I think I'd keep doing it.

Besides, I drive a little commuter car that gets almost 30 mpg and most of the games I work are somewhere between work and home. We also get paid mileage, currently at $0.50 a mile so we do OK.

[BktBallRef]

We alway travel as a crew to out of town games, so I'm only driving on one out of three trips. Gas prices suck but it was much worse two years ago when it went to $5.

We receive a flat fee for all games which is includes travel and is determined by the state association. You get the same fee whether driving 1 mile or 60 miles. We're fortunate that we don't drive more tahn an hour to any school.

We also work varsity doubleheaders ($85). So while we may not get as much as we would if we worked two games on two nights, we also only work one night for two games and we don't have double travel for two games.