The NCAA Floor in Boston.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

So the NCAA can afford to take a $30,000 to $40,000 loss times 13 floors each year, but it won't do a significant bump in the pay for the tournament officials?
Also which schools get these new floors each year? Is there a process for allocating them, if more than 13 schools wish to buy?
Seems what the NCAA is doing could be viewed as subsidizing certain programs, but not others. Is there fairness here?

Originally Posted by just another ref

Spoken like labor. There is another point of view.

Management: We're taking a loss of nearly a half million dollars on these floors. We can't afford a pay raise for officials.

I'm one of the most pro-labor fellas you'll ever meet but I don't think NCAA tourney pay is a true concern for officials at this time, is it? They're getting paid per diem, travel, and put up at nice hotels. Are there any officials out there who are turning down NCAA tourney assignments b/c of inadequate compensation? Are there officials who are saying I'd rather work the first 2 rounds of the NIT at the local university and sleep in my own bed?