Besides Pay, What Do You Get?

Texas Aggie · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 09, 2008, 12:55pm

We are treated anywhere from fairly well to very well in our games. The exception is 6 man games and games with schools who don't have a home field and have to play whereever they can find. Treatment there ranges from poor to OK.

At most of the subvarsity games, drinks are there for the asking, but we usually have to go to the concession stand to get them. In varsity games, drinks are usually provided and about half the time, so is some kind of food -- ranging from candy bars to fast food or cold cuts. Towels are available at about half the venues, but I always bring my own (old basketball habit).

We are treated tons better in football than in basketball. Hell, if they can find a decent dressing room for us in hoops, I'm happy.

Welpe · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 09, 2008, 01:01pm

My company needs to hurry up and get me transferred to Texas.

I will say any football accomodation I've ever received has been light years ahead of baseball accomodations as a whole.

RMR · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 09, 2008, 10:34pm

Most of the time in La. we are lucky if we get a Powerade. On occasion though we have been places that had pre-game sandwiches or something.

There are some places - typically at playoff time that will provide gumbo or jambalaya after the game.

Sometimes on the road we get really lucky and wind up with hot water for a shower but that's rare.

jjrye22 · #4 (**permalink**) Fri Oct 10, 2008, 04:36am

Our contract states we get a lockable room big enough to accomodate the entire crew, and drinks.
This usualy means a few bottles of water. Most of the time I have to track down someone from the home team and get them to give us some of the bottles from their sideline.

We are forbidden from travelling in our uniforms, and must dress on site.

Almost always there is showers (with hot water). Some places will give us a hamburger or hot dog after the game. One team leaves a bag of cookies or some chocolate in the room.

That's it. Bring your own towels, soap, and to some stadiums toilet paper.

JFlores · #5 (**permalink**) Fri Oct 10, 2008, 07:38am

Baseball games no accomadations, if your at one of the better schools you get water, gatorade, and sometimes a hot dog if your good looking, since i dont lack in that area i get hot dogs

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Basketball you get to dress in the locker rooms used by students. You may get water you may not depends if its an inner city school or not.

Volleyball, dress in car. You get drinks at some schools.

Football anything below JV, come dressed. The few varsity that i have done as a box man, they give you a locker room and drinks at halftime.

Private schools are the best schools at taking care of the officials in my opinion. You usually get paid within a week too.

bisonlj · #6 (**permalink**) Fri Oct 10, 2008, 09:02am

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Originally Posted by JFlores

You usually get paid within a week too.

We get paid the night of the game before the game starts. I've heard of many other payment systems around the country. It's interesting to hear how different areas do this so differently.

OverAndBack · #7 (**permalink**) Fri Oct 10, 2008, 11:53am

Sophomore games in IL were nice - locker rooms, showers and you were done by 7:30 and on your way out on Friday nights. You got a check in the mail later, though.

In AZ they'll usually hook you up with water or a sports drink and if you want something from the concession stand, it's all good. But only once have I had or even seen a locker room. Below varsity, seems like everybody just shows up dressed or changes in the car and then just gets out of dodge when the game's over. But you get a check (or cash, in at least one instance) that night.

GPC2 · #8 (**permalink**) Fri Oct 10, 2008, 02:45pm

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Originally Posted by JFlores

Baseball games no accomadations, if your at one of the better schools you get water, gatorade, and sometimes a hot dog if your good looking, since i dont lack in that area i get hot dogs

.

Basketball you get to dress in the locker rooms used by students. You may get water you may not depends if its an inner city school or not.

Volleyball, dress in car. You get drinks at some schools.

Football anything below JV, come dressed. The few varsity that i have done as a box man, they give you a locker room and drinks at halftime.

Private schools are the best schools at taking care of the officials in my opinion. You usually get paid within a week too.

Get paid within a week???? Wow. We get paid at halftime.

DesertZebra · #9 (**permalink**) Fri Oct 10, 2008, 04:38pm

Unfortunately, too often in our area we sign a voucher and are paid within a week or 2. Sometimes we come across schools that pay on site, but that doesn't seem to be the norm. There's no excuse for vouchers, the schools know well in advance who's coming, and all of the other pertinent information.

Pee-wee football and pop warner pay us on site though.

Warrenkicker · #10 (**permalink**) Fri Oct 10, 2008, 08:12am

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Originally Posted by jjrye22

...One team leaves a bag of cookies or some chocolate in the room...

There is a cultural difference. In Germany you get chocolate, in the USA you get candy bars, so in France you would probably get cheese.

When you go to a cafeteria in France and it looks like a bowl of custard or pudding in a dessert display and it is not it is kind of disappointing.
"This pudding tastes funny."
"That isn't pudding."
"Oh."

SethPDX · #11 (**permalink**) Sun Oct 12, 2008, 04:49pm

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Originally Posted by Welpe

I will say any football accomodation I've ever received has been light years ahead of baseball accomodations as a whole.

Time to buy a nicer car.

Texas Aggie · #12 (**permalink**) Sun Oct 12, 2008, 04:57pm

Its time for us all to demand better treatment and pay. I think everyone should pay at the site -- cash or check. If some states do it (or require it) that means any school district can do it. I think dressing rooms with showers and drinks should be a minimum requirement for all games. Its easier for me to go ahead and dress at home for subvarsity football games since we show up and work -- no real pregame, but some guys come directly from work.

I'm sick and tired of officials being an afterthought, and that's coming from someone who admits he is treated fairly well (in football) compared to others.

Anonymous67 · #13 (**permalink**) Sun Oct 12, 2008, 06:01pm

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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Its time for us all to demand better treatment and pay. I think everyone should pay at the site -- cash or check. If some states do it (or require it) that means any school district can do it.

What of those of us who prefer getting monthly or even annual checks, lump sum? I don't want to be paid at the game. I like the relationship I have with the AD's an coaches as it is. I don't want them handing me money before during of after the game. I get paid for about 20-25 games at a time and prefer it that way.

Texas Aggie · #14 (**permalink**) Sun Oct 12, 2008, 06:51pm

I'm speaking about those of us getting paid per game from the district/school/etc/, not those of you getting a lump some X number of times per year from a single source. If you guys are happy with that system, that's great.

I personally wouldn't accept it, but that's just me.

HossHumard · #15 (**permalink**) Sun Oct 12, 2008, 10:15pm

We get paid at the end of the season in mid December and make it into a fun evening called "Pay night". Yeah, I know, real creative....

FOA pays for beer and pizza (Yes, we do put Canadian Bacon on them as a matter of fact) and we hand out fun awards and our guys go home with nice big cheques a couple of weeks before Christmas. We allow the younger guys to take the money monthly if they request, but they seem to be happy with the one big chunk of dough at the end (our wind up is in mid January after the xmas rush).

As for F&B during the games, some of the minor organizations (Bantam and under) allow us free consessions, but that's about it.