Yes, but the pay is great. At least in my state. $105 Varsity 2 man, no extra for travel, 7% to assignor.
I would be very curious to hear what you charge for that work. And how many refs did you have working. I am going to be assigning a similarly...
In eastern CT, we have duals on 95% of HS games (V and JV). We generally start the "junior" ref on the teams side in the 1st half and the senior...
You can't do this gigs without refs that want to work for you. So do everything thing you can for their benefit. This mainly applies to kid refs....
I started reffing in 2009, so not exactly the dark ages. My son and I got certified together. Our local club assignor called me on the phone...
Another year in the books and I am happy to report that I continue to progress on the earnings front as a referee/assignor/field coordinator. In...
You play the cards you are dealt. Do some refs suck? Yup. Do some refs have a bad day? Yup. Do you sometimes get the wrong order at the...
Yes, but I am particularly unhappy about this change. I really liked the clarity of the previous law - you can't have ANY handling in the box by...
My purpose in posting this test question was not so much to debate the ruling, but to lament the the poor 14 yr old ref who ends up calling this....
I was taking my ref re-cert and I got this question. I assume since my answer was wrong that the goal will stand. I know that they have once...
Heard this from a center mid yesterday after calling a soft, careless foul in her favor: "You need to protect us. If I get injured today it's on...
I would contact the assignor of the event and ask him what is going on. It is possible that the tournament folks are saying things that ref...
I wish we had something like this. In our state, there is a large subset of Tech schools that play in their own league. At least in soccer, 80% of...
In our neck of the woods, there is no license. And 1st year ref are not required to take the NFHS test. Which I totally don't understand. Taking...
This started out as a bad story, but turned out ok. I got an email this Saturday morning from a ref who told me he got a concussion and could not...
I assign week by week. I can't conceive how you can assign before the season and not have tons of turnbacks. Kids barely know their schedule this...
This one really sucks. I am too banged up to ref, but otherwise "normal". We had a gorgeous fall/summer day today (high 70's - not raining on a...
We do duals for ALL V and JV games in my neck of the woods. Economic and ref shortage reality. Maybe do a 3 man in the state playoffs, if school...
There are exceptions and nuances of course. Some refs are ready/asking to do centers after working a couple of ARs. Others still won't after...
I know that you are 100% correct. But...... Despite being in major pain, I stopped my watch and signaled the X (while flat on my back). My first...
I think the bigger picture is the lumping of the vast majority of us into one "grassroots" bucket. The solutions would be relatively simple to...
I have been reffing about 15 years now and as has been the case through all of my life, I have been pretty lucky with my health. One or two shots...
interesting article And this - if only this concept was understood by the masses, which is essentially true in soccer as well. All the factors,...
I was watching a girls MS game being played on the HS turf, prior to my game, last night. Due to being at HS, the clock was in operation, which is...