Paying Assignors

[ChuckElias]

There have been some comments about this in another thread, but I thought it deserved it's own discussion. In some associations, apparently, the officials "kick back" a fee or a percentage to the assignor.

In my area, the HS assignor is hired by the ADs. The assignor is paid one game fee for each team's schedule that he assigns. (My assignor is male, so I'll keep using "he"; no slight intended.) So he gets $64 for assigning all the officials to ABC High's Boys Varsity games for the entire season. He gets another $64 from ABC High for assigning officials to their Girls Varsity games for the entire season. Likewise, he gets $64 each for assigning officials to XYZ High's Boys and Girls Varsity games. He gets $42 for each JV and Freshman schedule he completes. So he receives $296 from each school that he assigns. The officials pay no assigning fee.

My question is twofold: how common is it for HS officials to pay a fee for receiving assignments? and if you pay a fee to get your assignments, who chooses the assignor?

I feel like, if every person in my association is going to pay the person, then my association better have a say in who that person is.

Any thoughts?

Chuck