Getting paid

[Brick43]

Every school district is different but 3-5 weeks. BTW I hit up Saratoga every August. My Reffing money doesn't cover that bill unless it's a good week..

[zm1283]

Almost every school here has you fill out a pay slip and they mail you a check, usually after their school board meets and approves payments. A few pay when you arrive at the school, and a few will mail the check within a week or two. I just got paid for games on December 3rd last Friday, and I'm still waiting on one from December 9th, which is going on about six weeks.

Some of you don't get paid until the end of the season?

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by zm1283

Almost every school here has you fill out a pay slip and they mail you a check, usually after their school board meets and approves payments. A few pay when you arrive at the school, and a few will mail the check within a week or two.

Same here.

I'm curious to know how many get paid electronically (via RefPay or whatever)? That seems like a much better way to go.

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Same here.

I'm curious to know how many get paid electronically (via RefPay or whatever)? That seems like a much better way to go.

The only thing I use RefPay for is one college baseball conference. They pay once a month. The rest of them either pay on the spot or mail a check within a week or so.

In high school basketball, the biggest local district (Five high schools) and the high school that's part of a university are the two quickest to pay. I think they just run it through payroll and don't have to wait on a school board every month.

[tref]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Same here.

I'm curious to know how many get paid electronically (via RefPay or whatever)? That seems like a much better way to go.

RefPay is alright, I work a JUCO & a couple HS that pay in that fashion. But its generally once a month, so if you work a game early in the month you dont see a payment until the EOM. Then it takes 3 days to touch the money after transfering it from RefPay to your bank account.

Check or cash, on the spot is best!

[SCalScoreKeeper]

Our school pays in cash and our people love it!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by tref

RefPay is alright, I work a JUCO & a couple HS that pay in that fashion. But its generally once a month, so if you work a game early in the month you dont see a payment until the EOM. Then it takes 3 days to touch the money after transfering it from RefPay to your bank account.

Check or cash, on the spot is best!

The schools that use refpay for us pay within a week.

[BktBallRef]

The problem with RefPay is they are not federally insured like a bank. So if your assignor(s) send money to them, it is not protected, should they go belly up or bankrupt.

[Welpe]

We are paid by each school district (or by the schools for private schools).

Some districts, including the big H, are notoriously slow at cutting checks others have a quick turnaround but the average for me seems to be 30-45 days. The nice part is that since we're paid by the district, we could have several assignments on one check.

Then there is the issue of schools losing our paperwork (or a PO'd coach holding it until the very last day). It took me over a year and several phone calls to get paid for three assignments from one district.

For six man football games I work, some schools pay in cash or check on site. Those are nice but I feel a little funny when we get handed plain envelopes full of money.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Then there is the issue of schools losing our paperwork.

Been there. Done that. I hate it when that happens.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Welpe

We are paid by each school district (or by the schools for private schools).

Some districts, including the big H, are notoriously slow at cutting checks others have a quick turnaround but the average for me seems to be 30-45 days. The nice part is that since we're paid by the district, we could have several assignments on one check.

Then there is the issue of schools losing our paperwork (or a PO'd coach holding it until the very last day). It took me over a year and several phone calls to get paid for three assignments from one district.

For six man football games I work, some schools pay in cash or check on site. Those are nice but I feel a little funny when we get handed plain envelopes full of money.

Which, of course, goes to the reason why we shouldn't start any game without having first received payment for the match. Coaches should not have a lever to plant the question of "Will I get paid if I make this call" into the minds of the officials.

In the auditing world, an independent audit cannot be done by a CPA firm that you are not current with because it compromises their independence. It's no different in sports.

The youth soccer league here in NW Ohio has a firm rule: any match where the referee crew is not paid in full in cash before the match is to be declared no contest and shall not be played.

[jTheUmp]

Depends on the school... a handful of them will have a check ready for you when you arrive. The majority of them make you fill out a W9 and/or a 'pay voucher', and then they'll mail the check in about 2 weeks or so, depending on when the game occurs relative to their pay cycle.

A couple of schools; however, are seemingly always late with their payments. At one particular school, I worked a 9th grade football game for them around October 1st and didn't get the paycheck until the middle of December.

[JRutledge]

It really depends on the school and the school district and school board's policy. I have been paid just this week with cash and in other places it will take a week and others it will take about a month. No really consistency in what is done and what they require to be paid. Some fill out vouchers some take information off the Arbiter.

One thing I have found is schools in the Chicago are go through more paper work and delay payment, but schools outside the Chicago area and way outside of the suburbs pay on game day.

Peace

[tref]

Depends on the league here. We have 2 leagues that pay weekly, 1 that holds on to our money & sucks every bit of interest out of it that they can get. Most lower class leagues pay on the spot, with one particular school that pays cash! Anoher school in that league pays through RefPay.

[tw1ns]

Used to get paid on the spot. Now it is about 50/50. Seeing alot more W9's and vouchers. A week to two weeks and we get a check. Now, instead of stuffing checks into my fun money fund, i am stuffing vouchers! At least the wife can't cash those!