I think this thread has gone off the reservation.

No it hasn't. It's discussing the dynamics of assignment mis-communications, which obviously happened in the OP.

It went off a little bit, by turning into a discussion on how and when officials get paid in different areas.

The AD at least deserves a little credit for not naming the officials as he threw them under the bus. A little. I would love if someone could give us the scoop, though, as I'd bet money there's more to the story here.

That almost goes without saying. Of course something clearly went wrong and something tells me it was not all on the officials even with the information we have.

Peace

Agreed. We'll likely never get it, though, unless the officials are somehow ID'd or come forward to give their side. The IHSAA will likely be interested, and they'll probably investigate, but we may never know; especially if the AD ends up being at fault.

Until someone reasonably explains why 2 crews no-showed I am assuming it was the AD'S fault .

One crew, B/G double headers are typically done by a single crew for these rural games in Iowa. Unless things have drastically changed in the last few years.