Where are you from? Experience, ... ?
 

Hello

I often look at this forums since a lot of questions have been answered by you. Also a lot of interesting issues pop up by other guys here. Reading the threads here is also a good taining for myself - how would I act on the field ...

I'd like to know where you guys officiate, how many games you already officiated. Would be interesting if you'd share your details like this ...

Location: Vienna, Austria
# of Games: ~ 160
Position(s): all
League: AFL, Div I, Div II
Referee Association: AFSÖ

Location: Virginia
# of Games: 8th season, roughly 160 games
Position(s): primarily LJ, but really anything but U
League: Virginia High School

Location: Macomb, IL
Season: 5th
# of Games: ~ 100
Position(s): all (BJ & backup R)
League: IHSA
Referee Association: West Central Officials Assoc.

Location: Sacramento, CA
# of Games: 2nd season so aprox 70 football but a few thousand baseball games
Position(s): Primarily BJ and R
League: CIF
Referee Association: NCOA Welcome to NCOA

Location: Maryland
Season: 5th
# of Games: ~ 140
Position(s): HL, LJ, BJ
League: Upper Chesapeake
Referee Association: North Eastern Maryland Association

Location: Grayslake, IL
# of Games: ~ 400
Position(s): R, U, L, LJ, BJ
League(s): IHSA, TCYFL, Gridiron Football League (8-man)
Referee Association: NOA

Location: Ohio
Season:13
# of games: Hundreds
Position: Umpire
League: OHSAA
Referee Association: Youngstown Football Officials Association

Location: Sacramento
Seasons: 10
# of games: A few hundred
Position: Typically BJ
Officials Assoc.: NCOA

Location: SE Wisconsin
Season:16
# of games: Hundreds...and some.
Position: Referee & Umpire
League: WIAA & AAYFL
Referee Association: Northeastern Officials Association

Location: Canada
# of Games: in my career, close to 700.
Positions: All. Best known to run a smooth game as R and work deep well.
League: many, ~ 10.
Association: local with 50 members.

Location: Morgantown, WV
Season: First
#of Games: 38
Position: L, LJ
League: WV Youth, WV High School
Association: WVSSAC, Mason-Dixon Board

Location: Wheaton, IL
# of Games: I have no idea and never counted or tried to count (14 years total)
Position(s): Currently Back Judge (Started as a wing, and was Referee for 5 year)
League: IHSA
Referee Association: Fox Valley Football Officials Association, Athletic Official's Association, Central Official's Association, Joliet Basketball Official's Association, West Central Official's Association, Inter-Association Council of Athletic Officials

Peace

Location: Honolulu
Season: 4
# of games: Plenty
Position: BJ, LJ, SJ
League: OIA & ILH
Referee Association: OIA

Location: ND - Formerly Toledo, OH
Season: 25+ (We put a 5-man playoff crew on the field yesterday with 75+ years of experience.)
# of Games: ? (42 games this year - NO non-school games!)
Position(s): L, BJ, R (9th year); U + LJ for numerous subvarsity, BJ for college
League: Many in MN and ND
Referee Association: Valley Officials Association, Grand Forks

These are rough counts, I know, but 20 games a year on average? This number pretty much just meets our basic requirements. This year I'll have somewhere close to 30 which 1) will be my least number by far; and 2) it seems like I haven't worked at all, except on Fridays.

Or, are you guys counting just varsity games?

Location: Texas
Seasons: 5
# of Games: over 200
Position(s): R, BJ
League: Everything in Texas

Location: Great Britain, just outside London
Started in: 1985
# of Games: 600+
Position(s): any, but prefer H or R
Association: bafra

We have two seasons: the BAF League (adult and youth club teams) season run from April to September. The BUAF League (universities) runs from October to March with a break over Christmas/New Year. That means we are working football virtually all year round.

If you come to Britain on vacation, bring your kit and we'll get you on a game.

See the Association website for details.

That sounds like an offer I just can't refuse.

:D

how about your experience :)

Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Year: 2nd
# of Games: 47 youth, 10 middle, 2 varsity ECO
Position(s): HL and LJ, other than two youth Rs
League: Scenic City Youth, TSSAA Middle School, occasional TSSAA Varsity blowout
Referee Association: SETFOA

Location: Minneapolis, MN
Year: 2nd
# of Games: 5 varsity, 35 undervarsity
Position(s): BJ varsity, Wing and WH undervarsity
League: Lake, Classic Lake, Missota, Mississippi 8, North Suburban, St. Paul City, Classic Suburban, MCAA, Big 9
Referee Association: Mpls Officials Assoc

Would love to do more undervarsity games but leaving work more than once a week at 3:30 for a soph game doesn't go over too well in the corporate world. Next year I will have a full vars schedule and can do JV Saturdays and some night undervarsity games during the week.

Location-- South Carolina (upstate)
Years of exp.---11
# of varsity games--130
# of games including everything---700
Position---Referee (8yrs) Umpire before that
League--SCHSL
Association--- SCFOA

I'm in.

Should make for a nice headline. Cdn, US, GB refs team together. LOL

Location: South Dakota
Season:31
# of games: Over 500 at all levels
Position: Referee 30 out of 31 years
League: SDHSAA
Referee Association: Region One;)

Location: Arizona
Seasons: 5
# of games: About 250 in all levels, About 40 Varsity.
Positions: Mostly wings or backjudge on Varsity, All positions in lower levels.

Worked 1 varsity game my 1st year and was a regular crew for the next two. The 4th year, I worked as a fill in after my crew was disbanded due to a shortage of officials.

This year I was working out of state, so I didn't work any games in Arizona. I was able to work a lot of lower level games in Nebraska and 4 or 5 varsity games in Iowa.

Any professional Ref's here who do officiating for a living?

Location: Perth, Australia
# of Games: 2nd yr 68 games
Position(s): all
League: Gridironwest
Referee Association: Australian Gridiron Officials Assoc (AGOA)

North MS
# years - 10
position - BJ/LJ/R
# games - no idea
NFHS -High School/JV/JR High