Besides Pay, What Do You Get?

[SethPDX]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[buckrog64]

Most schools are attentive to us on Friday nights. Someone meets us, gets us into a decent sized area for changing. I can think of only one school we've been to where the room and we've told them we need a little more space if possible. They said they'd try. If you don't ask, you don't get anywhere.

Some schools offer prime, secure parking, an escort (not that kind) on and off the field, snacks, cookies, drinks, etc. Obviously some are much more generous than others; the generous ones have no trouble filling their schedules, I am sure. Most pay the night of the game but a couple of the big schools voucher the game and you see the check about three weeks later. I don't care for that but I know they have the rules.

Ditto to whoever said something about the time spent with some good guys, to and from the game, and all the interesting things that happen in between. No better place at a football game than being on the field where the action is.

[Reffing Rev.]

One school somewhere in NE, I cant remember where we were actually expected to use the same lockerroom/showerroom as the cheerleaders. Interpret that however you want.