Defining a Harried Assignor

[ref3808]

$30-$35 per game in the New England area and usually the drive is less than an hour. No complaints I guess after seeing the comps.

[ODog]

Originally Posted by ref3808

$30-$35 per game in the New England area and usually the drive is less than an hour. No complaints I guess after seeing the comps.

I'm in New England too, and after reading this thread, we definitely have no room to complain if people are legitimately doing 2-whistle AAU (or similar) games for $20 ... or less!

I've done AAU just about every weekend since March (in Mass. and Conn.) and most of the tourneys in Conn. (from Hartford north, anyway) are gobbled up by the same assignor. He pays $28 -- by check.

In Mass., there are several tournaments that are $35 cash up front before you ever throw the ball up (the rest are $30 -- never less), so we sometimes moan about the $28-by-check scenario.

Never knew how good we had it.

One local program pays $25 cash just to come to their gym and officiate scrimmages w/o a book, so you don't even have to report fouls.

I'm sorry to hear of the plight of brother officials from other areas of the country.