Worst luck ever

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by representing

This is about $200 I missed out on in 5 days. I really do have the worst luck ever. And the worst part is the two JV games won't be made up because the Varsity games played on, and the FR/JV doubleheader was postponed to a day I'm already officiating.

You really are a rookie, aren't you?

It has nothing to do with luck. We all have games that are cancelled.

You make up for it when you get a call for a fill-in.

Anyone else feel like we should still be compensated at least half of the referee fee for games cancelled due to reasons other than weather or other major problems like electricity went out, flooding in school because of a plumbing problem, etc.? This really pisses me off that I missed out on $200 in 5 days.

No, absolutely not.

If you leave home on your way to a game and they cancel, yes, you should receive half fee.

If you arrive at the school and they have to cancel after you arrive, you should receive half game fee.

If you arrive at the school and find they cancelled but didn't call you, you should be paid the full fee.

If you start the game and it has to be cancelled, you should be paid the full fee.

But if they cancel and inform you properly, you're entitled to zero compensation.

But cancellations are never made up and the school would gain that money.

Dude, it's their money.

Besides that, they lose money too. Gate and concessions.

You really need to let it go. It's gonna happen, to all of us.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

If you arrive at the school and they have to cancel after you arrive, you should receive half game fee.

This is a full game fee in my world. If this was a half fee, baseball teams would let the umpires show up and then cancel, shrug, and pay us $30.

[BktBallRef]

The items I listed are NCHSAA policy.

If we show up for a football game, take the fieldm and then a breaker blows on the electrical panel that controls the stadium lights, we get half fee. If we've kicked off, we get full fee.

Originally Posted by RichMSN

This is a full game fee in my world. If this was a half fee, baseball teams would let the umpires show up and then cancel, shrug, and pay us $30.

Why would they do this? Why would they schedule you, just to let you show up, not play and pay you $30?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

The items I listed are NCHSAA policy.

If we show up for a football game, take the fieldm and then a breaker blows on the electrical panel that controls the stadium lights, we get half fee. If we've kicked off, we get full fee.



Why would they do this? Why would they schedule you, just to let you show up, not play and pay you $30?

ADs who don't want to make a decision. Even now, when we get a full fee, we've arrived knowing conditions aren't going to let us play.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

ADs who don't want to make a decision. Even now, when we get a full fee, we've arrived knowing conditions aren't going to let us play.

Well, that's just stupid. If I know we aren't going to play, I'm sure gonna call and cancel so I don't have to pay you.