Getting paid

[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.