How much do JV officials make per game?

[Terrapins Fan]

I believe our JV officials are under paid.

I talked to a guy don the road from us ( about 45 minutes away ) They are getting $65 a game for JV. We get $45 a game. One game only. So we drive up to an hour away, get there about 1/2 hour before the game and get $45.

While I know it's not about the money, it has a value, we do not get travel pay and we are away from our families.

How much do each of you make for a JV contest?

BTW, I do both JV and Varsity. Right now I have 11 Varsity, 1 JV, 1 Freshman game. to the end of December.

We get $40 for a Freshman game. Again, you could travel up to an hour away, though most games are within 30 minutes of home.

[APG]

Total here ends up being $41.40 for one JV game.

[Welpe]

Our game fee for high school sub-varsity is $30 plus the IRS compensation rate (currently $0.555 per mile) for round trip mileage from our home to the game site. Take home for a Frosh-JV double header typically runs around $70-85.

[BktBallRef]

[ Junior Varsity - Two Officials ]
One Game	$55.00
Two Games	$77.50
[ Junior Varsity - Three Officials ]
One Game	$ 50.00
Two Games	$ 70.00

[Rich]

Personally, I think they should take some pay from the JV/Freshman officials and increase the pay of the varsity officials where I live.

Before you think I just want more money in my pocket, I have a reason for thinking this way:

(1) The separation between the two levels is very small -- something like $20 in my area (We usually get $60 for V, $40 for JV).

(2) Too many officials figure that $40 and home by 7:30PM is "good enough." I would prefer to see those who want to move up be rewarded more than those who are simply OK with staying at a lower level.

[RSturgell]

$40 for JV, $30 for freshmen, $70 if you have both games.

[zm1283]

$45 for JV if they play 7-minute quarters. $55 (Same as varsity) if they decide to play 8-minute quarters, and only a couple of conferences do. We don't have individual JV games here. They are played before the varsity game and the same crew works both.

We get 40 cents a mile for one driver as well. We split it if we both have to drive.

[amusedofficial]

Originally Posted by Rich

Personally, I think they should take some pay from the JV/Freshman officials and increase the pay of the varsity officials where I live.
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Too many officials figure that $40 and home by 7:30PM is "good enough." I would prefer to see those who want to move up be rewarded more than those who are simply OK with staying at a lower level.

There needs to be a threshold fee that will get someone with some level of competence to call a game. The issue may be that the varsity pay is not enough, rather than the sub-varsity pay is too high.

Perhaps, also, the issue is whether the officials in your board believe working varsity is itself more stimulating, challenging or otherwise rewarding than working JV

Give me a crappy paying good game over a well-paying lousy game any day.

[buckrog64]

True, zm...that was back when my schedule was more wide open than it is today...sometimes I'm just glad to help out and put on the stripes.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by amusedofficial

There needs to be a threshold fee that will get someone with some level of competence to call a game. The issue may be that the varsity pay is not enough, rather than the sub-varsity pay is too high.

Perhaps, also, the issue is whether the officials in your board believe working varsity is itself more stimulating, challenging or otherwise rewarding than working JV

Give me a crappy paying good game over a well-paying lousy game any day.

There already is no such threshold. Schools hire their own sub-varsity officials and most times they're just looking for a licensed body. To get a license here you simply send a check and are supposed to take (annually) the Part I test open book and watch a 30 minute rules video online. If you don't watch the video or take the test, though, you don't lose your license -- you just can't work up the chain of levels in this state (6 levels of officials, MASTER being the highest). There's no requirement to play the state's level game to work varsity games, either -- assignors and schools can hire any licensed official. There's no requirement to join an officials association, either.

Last week I saw two guys working freshman games wearing Adidas trackpants (complete with 3 white stripes down the sides), white sneakers, collared shirts, and metal pea whistles. Their abilities as officials matched their appearance.

Just got me thinking -- why should these guys get $40-$45 each for this? This is how some people dress and officiate working rec ball at $20 - $25 a game.

[DLH17]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

3 man JV ??!!?? Very cool!

[zm1283]

I forgot to add that we tack on $15 to any game fee when only one game will be played. I have a game Saturday an hour and 45 minutes from my house and it's a single game, so I'll make $70. Single games are awesome when they're close to home, and they're awful when they're almost two hours away.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan

I talked to a guy don the road from us ( about 45 minutes away ) They are getting $65 a game for JV. We get $45 a game. One game only. So we drive up to an hour away, get there about 1/2 hour before the game and get $45.

Not in my neck of the woods is it? Two Associations here make ~$45 I think.

[Forksref]

Set by the state in ND: JV= $37; 18 min halves = $38.50 Varsity = $65 18-min halves = $67

[mrmike]

Southern tier in upstate NY:
Varsity $92.25
JV $62.50
7-8 grade $51.25
We are rural area and get .465 per mile up to 100 miles round trip. 100 miles =$46.50 for one person. We got some pretty good negotiators.