Methods for Game Assignments

[tazzeroo2002]

I serve as the game assignor for my local officials association. I assign 250-300 sub-varsity level games per season. We assign for 5 or 6 local schools from MS to JV level.

Currently, we use a system in which our officials each create a google calendar to reflect their availability. Those calendars are shared with me and I can overlay them in one large calendar to create a list of available officials for each date. From there I assign the games. The process works, but it's time consuming. (I think I had nearly 100 hours invested to complete the process this year.)

I'm wondering what other game assignors use? Is there software out there designed for this?

(I'm aware of programs like "rSchool" used by some of our area conference commissioners for issuing contracts for varsity games, but keep in mind that I'm not the one issuing the contracts. I'm simply assigning games, passing the assignments on to the school ADs, who in turn issue contracts using "rSchool".)