Any HS FB Referees here?

Goodness, I hope referees avoid fan sites.

I am a referee for MHSAA. What exactly are you asking? We only get $100/game + expenses, with the head ref getting $250. The top crews get more playoff games which are $250 and $500 per game. It's ok money, but I just enjoy doing it.

Wm doesnt commit penalties right?

I'm not sure how much light you can shed on this subject given you're in MS and I'm in LA, but specifically I was inquiring about the process/difficulty of becoming a ref, the "rigors" of travel/time dedicated to the job, the money and the possibilities of reaching college or pros.

Do you know how the money in MS relates to LA? I'm not necessarily looking to make it a career and hope it's something I can say I enjoy doing just to do it, but I'd certainly entertain the idea of advancing as far as possible.

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JJ27

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Thanks for trying to draw him out for me. I hope he'll post some valuable info.

And a shitty one at that




J/k

Louisiana doesn't pay refs enough, and fans need to remember they get what they pay for IMO

it's sad that we raised their pay about two years ago and we're still 49th in the nation IIRC

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I am an LHSAA basketball reff

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I did this for a few years during grad school. It wasn't worth the money for the time required to start earning money each season and travel to and from games. It also got pretty old dealing with idiot parents that thought they knew the rules and/or thought they has a better view of who last touched the ball from 60 feet away when I was 6 feet away.

That's not to mention the idiot coaches. I had to toss a coach from a large boys school in the first game he ever coached (in a summer clinic tournament) for the team. One of his best players got undercut on a layup and got up and punched the guy out, so I had to toss them both. The coach came on the floor screaming "this is bullshite", etc. so I T'd him up, then as I was reporting the fouls at the scorer's table he screamed GFY loud enough for the whole gym to hear it when I reported his. So then I tossed him, but he refused to leave the gym. The tournament organizer (a head coach for the unicersity) had to come out and ask him to leave the gym, which he refused.

Long story short, I ended up spending several unpaid hours in meetings with the head of our association and an LHSAA official over it, including watching film, etc. They ended up recommending a suspension for the coach (didn't happen since it wasnt an LHSAA sanctioned game) and commending me for handling it by the book and keeping my cool and also putting myself in harms way by getting between the players to split up the fight, but it still wasn't worth the headache just for 50 bucks for the game and giving up my entire Saturday and then some.



I know, tl;dr but it definitely wasn't worth the time for me.