Doing some market reserch

[Chris_Hickman]

Where do you get dressed for a game...other than College or HS varsity?

[JugglingReferee]

Depends on the league.

U15 league: arrive to the venue dressed. Some guys will change in their cars.

High school leagues: arrive to the school dressed. Some guys will change in/at their cars. The odd person will ask for a PE office to change in.

15+ league: change rooms provided as per the league.

College: duh....

[JRutledge]

There is not one answer unless you are more specific with your question.

If you work a varsity game, almost 100% there is a locker room and a place to put your stuff.

If you are working a lower level game (other than a varsity night sophomore or JV game), then you might not have anything but the back of your car.

If it is a Pee-Wee game, the same as any lower level game.

And if it is a college game, they better have a locker room or there is going to be some hell to pay by all the powers that be.

Peace

[GoodScout]

FRIDAY VARSITY - Locker Room
SATURDAY Youth Games - Home
TUES, WED, THR JV GAMES - In car, at traffic lights, rushing from work to game

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by GoodScout

TUES, WED, THR JV GAMES - In car, at traffic lights, rushing from work to game

Hehe that sounds about right. I will put on my UnderArmor in the locker room at work so I am a little more "decent" while changing in the parking lot at the game site.

Here, the JV/V double header on Friday night is the norm. For these games, there is a locker room provided for officials to change and conduct their pregame. There are a few schools that don't have a changing facility for any of their games. These games are usually played in the afternoons on fields without lights.

For Frosh and youth games, officials either show up dressed or change at their cars.

[BktBallRef]

Where do you get dressed for a game?
At home.
In the car.
In a locker room.
In the coach's office.
In a school bathroom.
In the back of the concession stand.
At work.

There is no one place, partner.

[waltjp]

Locker rooms, coach's office, nurse's office, faculty lounge, cafeteria, weight room, shed, boiler room, storage room, garage, bath room - and those are just the varsity sites!

For lower level games it's usually come dressed or use the car or whatever else is available.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by waltjp

Locker rooms, coach's office, nurse's office, faculty lounge, cafeteria, weight room, shed, boiler room, storage room, garage, bath room - and those are just the varsity sites!

For lower level games it's usually come dressed or use the car or whatever else is available.

You left the nurse's office to go officiate?

[Ref inSoCA]

Depends on the level of the game.

Youth-dress at home and finish up at your car.

Fr/JV- either a lockerroom at the school or at home

Varsity-At the site. Most schools give us the girls coaches' office to dress. One school has an officials' dressing room just beyond the end zone with team rooms on either side. Unfortunately, the shower has been broken for many years (unless you like showering under a tiny trickle of water) and they decided to put a huge ice machine in the room so the room is basically useless.

[Forksref]

Just looking at this season's schedule, for varsity games it would be 70% at home, 30% at the site. Most of our small schools don't provide any facility for dressing or half-time. At half-time we go to our car.

For sub-varsity, it's always at home. The only guarantee of a good facility is a state final in one of our domes.

[HLin NC]

In our area we arrive to the game site dressed until state playoffs. Sometimes I change at the gym I work out at, sometimes at home, very rarely at the office.

I'd much rather come in street clothes but like a lot of things, can't convince others to try and get it to a vote. Too many guys want to breeze in, get that check, and fly back home.

[MJT]

Varsity, we arrive in nice clothes (no t-shirts), dress there and shower afterwards.

Nonvarsity, arrive dressed and shower at home.

[Bad Mood Risin]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

I'd much rather come in street clothes but like a lot of things, can't convince others to try and get it to a vote. Too many guys want to breeze in, get that check, and fly back home.

We have the option to go to the game in uniform, but unless the game is 10 miles from home or less, who would want to? One of the biggest reasons I hate doing local games is too many guys run off the field and head home. (Our checks are not paid at the field, so that's not an issue)

I much prefer travelling to a game as a group, dressing there while catching up, bs'ing and the like, then getting down to business with a serious pregame in a lockerroom or office.

Afterward a shower, change back to decent clothes and, dependng on several factors, a meal as a crew. All that is part of the night and part of the reason I do this.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Market research??

You planning to market a portable dressing room for officials?

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by Forksref

Just looking at this season's schedule, for varsity games it would be 70% at home, 30% at the site. Most of our small schools don't provide any facility for dressing or half-time. At half-time we go to our car.

For sub-varsity, it's always at home. The only guarantee of a good facility is a state final in one of our domes.

You must be working games in thriving metropolises such as Hatton, Thompson Gilby, Lakota, etc. (not sure if any of those still have schools). I'm glad I went to Minot HS so we had decent facilities. Those small schools are something else though. I try to tell people here in Indiana that they don't know what a small school is. Schools in the 2A level here (out of 5) would probably be in the larger class in ND. Have a great season brother and cheer on the Bison!! 2008 FCS National Champs!