California Guys, Please Tell Me This Ain't So!

[glyphrunner]

In North Dakota, we're only supposed to run OT in varsity competitions.

As for getting paid for overtime, w_sohl is exactly right, "It is a game fee, not a regulation time game fee." You get paid to officiate a full game, not only a portion of the game. Run the entire course of the game if you're willing to suit up in stripes.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by glyphrunner

As for getting paid for overtime, w_sohl is exactly right, "It is a game fee, not a regulation time game fee."

I get this complaint in baseball sometimes when one team loses in 4 1/2 innings due to the mercy rule: "Blue, we paid you for 7 [innings]! C'mon, let the kids keep playing!"

Response: "No, you paid me for a game, which is now over. Would you expect me to leave before extra innings because I'd been paid for (only) 7?"

There's also a liability issue. If you go into OT when the state dictates not to (as our subvarsity games are generally not to) and somebody gets hurt, then you're on the hook for that.