Appreciate your Assignors

[Kansas Ref]

I realize assignor work is tough, time-consuming, and at times thankless. I admit that I have "declined" games assigned to me due to my own negligence in not updating my arbiter. I recall once that I felt my assignor did penalize me for this by not give me a set of games for a big tournament that I was expecting to work at.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Rich

Of course we get paid for this. Why wouldn't we?

Well earned. It's a hard job, in many cases you have to deal with the aftermath of officials' decisions long after those officials leave the court, and in most cases out of ethical considerations it greatly reduces the number of games you can work yourself. So to anyone who squabbles that the assignor gets a cut, just shut up.

On that note, I've seen assignors make their money three different ways:

A) Getting paid directly by the schools or conferences. The official never sees or knows what the transaction is.
B) Taking a flat rate "assignor's fee" from each official at the beginning of the season.
C) Taking a percentage of each game fee an official earns, usually in the 6-10% range.

Any other ways this is done? How is it done in different parts of the country? Just curious...

[Rich]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Well earned. It's a hard job, in many cases you have to deal with the aftermath of officials' decisions long after those officials leave the court, and in most cases out of ethical considerations it greatly reduces the number of games you can work yourself. So to anyone who squabbles that the assignor gets a cut, just shut up.

On that note, I've seen assignors make their money three different ways:

A) Getting paid directly by the schools or conferences. The official never sees or knows what the transaction is.
B) Taking a flat rate "assignor's fee" from each official at the beginning of the season.
C) Taking a percentage of each game fee an official earns, usually in the 6-10% range.

Any other ways this is done? How is it done in different parts of the country? Just curious...

Around here, the usual way is A.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rich

It's not an easy job. Of course we get paid for this. Why wouldn't we?

If anybody does it for free, well, then God bless them. Cherry-picking your own schedule? It's still not worth it with no pay. I wouldn't be an assigner for all the tea in China. When our previous assignment commissioner passed away several years ago, there was a line of guys halfway around the block wanting the job. And that was before Arbiter, when assigning was done with paper, pencil, the United States Postal Service, and lots of phone calls, mostly land line phone calls.

[Kansas Ref]

What are the general Qualifications of Basketball Game Assignor?
Is this a standardized system of quals e.g., college degree, certification, minimum years of referee experience, etc..
Anyone know or is it just whomever knows enough athletic directors and such?
Are there any standardized quals for this job?

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

The members of my local IAABO board appreciate our assignment commissioner with a salary of $30,000.00. There are 325 members who pay a set amount each year in dues ($125.00), and a percentage fee (7%) of the money we earn from our game assignments. Our assignment commissioner assigns about 70 high schools (freshman, junior varsity, varsity, girls, boys) and a large number of public middle schools. We also have an assistant commissioner who earns $2,000.00 and assigns high school scrimmages, and Special Olympics Unified Games.

Originally Posted by Kansas Ref

What are the general Qualifications of Basketball Game Assignor?
Is this a standardized system of quals e.g., college degree, certification, minimum years of referee experience, etc..
Anyone know or is it just whomever knows enough athletic directors and such?
Are there any standardized quals for this job?

Man, when I read the amount from Billmac, I was thinking the same thing!! Holy crap, that still blows me away. I realize that I'm from a smaller state than most (or all...) but I was shocked to read that.