That presents some scary possibilities!!!!!

Yeah, That Right, Kittens, You Got A Problem Wiith That ???
 

Every single assignment software out there synchs with my calendar.


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My assignor handles over 100 officials, over 100 schools and thousands of games each season... he does all of his assigning the old fashioned way. You better be home Sunday when the phone rings!

Like what? Having the game check ready on site?

I worked a baseball tournament last weekend where the assignor had called 2 weeks in advance and got my availability. A couple of days later in the mail I got a hand-written copy of the schedule with my assignments.

Major flashback, probably not for the better though.

I can't believe people still assign like that. When I started baseball, it was like that still and I had one assigner who was notorious for double booking games and leaving others uncovered or undercovered. He was quietly removed one year.

Fool Me Once, Shame On You, Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me ...
 

For about twenty-five years our local board assigner did all assignments the old fashioned way, using the United States Postal Service, and phone calls, usually through land lines. He continued to so this even after computers, email, cell phones, and assignment software, became commonplace, he was a stubborn old son of a gun. About seventy schools, boys, girls, varsity, junior varsity, freshman, a few middle schools, and even a few mens recreation leagues. He never, ever, made mistakes. When asked how he did it, he would point to his head and say, "With this computer".

Then he died suddenly, and unexpectedly, about five years ago, and, of course, the "computer" in his head crashed, without a backup disc. It took us a full year to get back on track. Now we use Arbiter, and have two paid assistant assigners that know how to use the software, and "practice" using it by assigning scrimmages, and AAU assignments, when available. Those three assigners are never allowed to be in the same place, at the same time, just in case of an asteroid strike.