Besides Pay, What Do You Get?

[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.

[bisonlj]

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]

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.

[Welpe]

Youth games are paid onsite with a check though a couple weeks ago our crew got paid with envelopes full of cash at halftime of the last game. That looked just a little suspicious!

High school level games are paid through the association at our meetings. They collect our fees, and then distribute them to the officials so we don't have to work with the schools directly.

OAB, I've noticed that during most of my subvarsity games, we split right after the game is over. I enjoy getting together for a meal or at least a beer or two afterwards and discuss the game but most would rather just leave. Ah well.

[OverAndBack]

Originally Posted by Welpe

OAB, I've noticed that during most of my subvarsity games, we split right after the game is over. I enjoy getting together for a meal or at least a beer or two afterwards and discuss the game but most would rather just leave. Ah well.

In a crew situation, that bonding would be welcome and very useful. In the melange situation we often find ourselves in at the lower levels, I've yet to have partners who didn't have someplace else to go.

[GPC2]

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]

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.

[Brett]

Most of my youth games are paid at halftime of the last game - some are paid two weeks later. My HS games are paid at the end of the season.