mechanics for 8 man football

Originally Posted by RichMSN

They are talking 9-man in Wisconsin as a possibility for smaller schools.

All I know that I'm interested in working these games only if they hire my entire (5) crew to work. Otherwise, I'll continue to book 11-man football for Friday nights.

I wouldn't take a varsity game if they won't let you use the entire 5-man crew. We work both 8 and 11-man in Nebraska and Iowa and use it everywhere. We've never had a school say we couldn't go 5-man in varsity ball. The only times we go 4-man is for JV and Reserves. Some schools will let us go 4-man for Freshman and JH games, but usually we go 3-man still for some of those.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

I wouldn't take a varsity game if they won't let you use the entire 5-man crew. We work both 8 and 11-man in Nebraska and Iowa and use it everywhere. We've never had a school say we couldn't go 5-man in varsity ball. The only times we go 4-man is for JV and Reserves. Some schools will let us go 4-man for Freshman and JH games, but usually we go 3-man still for some of those.

Exactly. I have a 5-man crew and we all work every Friday night. I'm not asking someone to sit and I'm not splitting 4 checks. I'll find another place to work and there's no shortage of games.

[mroyal]

I've just been assigned as a white hat for a 5-man crew and so far 5 out of 6 varsity games are with 8-man schools.