Finishing a Man Down

[Rich]

I'm actually on the other side of this equation.

I do not see why a school should have to pay for 2 officials (or even 1.5) if they expected two and only one showed up.

Perhaps the association or the assignor should have to pony up extra for the official, but why should the school?

I worked a quarter and a half in the JV game when that official came up lame and I happened to be there watching. The only thing that surprised me was that the official didn't offer me a dime of his check for doing so even though he asked if I could finish for him. (And no, I never asked him for any of it.)