Travel Fees??

[DownTownTonyBrown]

In our Eastern Idaho sports district (VI), the officials have negotiated with the Athletic Board and the driving official (Varsity) gets paid round trip mileage based upon the home town of the official/driver and the school's location.

The driver gets $0.33 per mile for the first 50 miles and $0.25 per mile beyond that. Usually this money is shared with JV officials if they drive separately. The Varsity official as a minimum ride together; JVs rarely make the effort to join in (a sad state of affairs).

The driver generally springs for after game drinks and a sandwich/snack... depending upon the length of the trip.

For myself the greatest travel distance (after travelling 100 miles to get to work and back home) is a 2-1/2 hour trip of about 170 miles, one-way. The travel pay for this is $87.00. Other officials living in one extreme of our district and traveling to an opposite extreme could be paid as much as $110.00.

Of course in the winter time that 2-1/2 hour trip could be 4 hours, or a potential over-night stay. But when the weather is decent, it is nice to get compensated for the time you must spend on the road.