Referee Registration Questions

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by NWAhoops


My question is, what information should I gather from potential and current Refs besides the typical contact information?

Years of experience
Top level officiated
Personal information (phones, fax, cell, address)

Anything else is probably not important. I do not see what a database is going to do really to help officials in the long run. This is a who ya know and who knows you business.

Originally posted by NWAhoops

I need to know what you guys have been asked when applying for a job. Also, what does a typical Ref get paid?

Honestly I do not "apply" for any jobs. The most I might do is call an assignor and tell him that I am availible to work in his conference or league. Most of the time I and other officials (that I know personally) are called by assignors themselves. Mainly because other officials gave different names of individual from fellow officials to see their availibility in the first place. So I get request all the time to work leagues or conferences I know nothing about. The only "applying" that officials do is going to camps. That is where many of us get hired or move up from previous levels.

BTW, about the pay, that is entirely different based on the league, conference or part of the country you live. I have been paid anywhere from $15-120 for one game. So you might need to check with your local officials on this topic. Because it will be the standards of those officials that will determine what they will accept as pay or not accept.

Peace