Iowa high school basketball games postponed due to referee no-show

[refiator]

I find this post interesting from the point of how schools are contracted/assigned. When I started my officiating career (Georgia), the local associations were responsible for negotiating and contracting with the schools directly. These days, the GHSA assigns schools to the local association based on specific criteria (ie, geography, # of officials). The local association (there are 25 in the state, 7 in Metro Atlanta) then signs a contract with the school, who sends the season schedule to the association assignor. Our fees are set by the State and are non-negotiatble.

Just curious as to how many of you work in areas that contract directly with a school without any state oversight? Are your fees set by the state or can you negotiate?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by refiator

I find this post interesting from the point of how schools are contracted/assigned. When I started my officiating career (Georgia), the local associations were responsible for negotiating and contracting with the schools directly. These days, the GHSA assigns schools to the local association based on specific criteria (ie, geography, # of officials). The local association (there are 25 in the state, 7 in Metro Atlanta) then signs a contract with the school, who sends the season schedule to the association assignor. Our fees are set by the State and are non-negotiatble.

Just curious as to how many of you work in areas that contract directly with a school without any state oversight? Are your fees set by the state or can you negotiate?

Schools paid whatever they wanted.

And schools would pay whatever they felt would get officials to come to their school consistently. Actually I found rural schools pay more than urban or suburban places because they know people had to come further to work their games. And they want to get a cross section of officials coming to their school, not just a handful of the same officials.

Peace