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I arrived late to a game this year because I misread my schedule and had the wrong start time. I was more embarrassed than I've ever been in my life. I tried to insist that I not be paid but the AD wouldn't hear of it.
If you are late for any reason within or outside of your control, you have not earned any money for the game. To even suggest otherwise demonstrates a shocking sense of entitlement. Despite this, some schools are generous and will pay you any way. Any pay in this situation is a gift you should be grateful for, not a slight. |
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I don't think we're talking about world class athletes here. Haven't seen many of them in stripes. Far too many of us are 'athletes' bordering on the other end of that spectrum.
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I kind of like not having to worry about being in that position. It won't happen to us Rich - but some places it's common practice to have only one official and I think that they deserve something extra if they have to work a game alone, watch everything and deal with all the yutz's in the crowd and on the bench alone.
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The school still saves money & we are compensated for our extra work.
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I don't work solo unless i'm getting paid double. That is my HS association's policy. The school is not expected to pay the full fee. That's where the fine for the missing official comes in.
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If there's no association involved and no policy spelled out on the contract, I'm certainly not obligated to pay double. That said, I don't have to worry about this. We don't start with 1 official and if I show up on time I'm getting paid whether we play the game or not. |
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My point exactly. I don't claim to be a great athlete, I'd consider myself lucky to be healthy through two seasons.
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That is a much overused argument that he uses when he has no other logical points to back up his argument.
To his credit, he has not busted that one out in a looonnnggg time. But - here it is again. And it has nothing to do with the OP. |
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To answer your question...
Yes you should be upset. You should be upset with yourself for being late for an avoidable reason (not leaving early enough) and for even assuming that you were wronged in all of this.
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Turning in a slightly different direction ...
Didn't want to confuse by starting another thread on somewhat similar topic.
How would you handle this 'non-working' scenario: You're scheduled for two games and the visiting team in the second game doesn't show for at least 45 minutes, when you have to leave. What was originally supposed to be a triple-header was knocked down to a double-header months ago because one team pulled out of the middle game. The change went through the Arbiter and everyone knows about it, except the V team, apparently. This is MS-age travel ball, by the way. I hang as long as I can but the have to leave to work HS ball. My partner said he would stay and work it, alone if necessary, when the other team arrived. Who should get paid what? |
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The only time I've ever forced the issue on being paid was when a game got canceled at 10:00 AM (due to a bomb threat) and the AD didn't call me until 3:15 PM and left a message on my answering machine (I'd left for the game at 3:00). I got my money but never received another game at that school (not that I wanted one). |
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Makes no difference where you are from. The answer is no. |
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