TheDeuce Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Just now, Voice of Reason said: Attendance is down and we are taking about raising prices? The timing doesn't seem right for that. We're talking about it as it was mentioned in relation to improving officiating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice of Reason Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, TheDeuce said: We're talking about it as it was mentioned in relation to improving officiating. I understand. If we are looking for immediate solutions, I think increasing prices to pay for officials is bad timing with attendance down. Just pay the officials more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguru Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said: I understand. If we are looking for immediate solutions, I think increasing prices to pay for officials is bad timing with attendance down. Just pay the officials more. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDeuce Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said: I understand. If we are looking for immediate solutions, I think increasing prices to pay for officials is bad timing with attendance down. Just pay the officials more. I agree, just pay them more. I think most assume schools will push back on that, so brainstorming ways to get it done seems fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice of Reason Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 I believe there is opportunity in recent grads. Recruit athletes to become officials, make some side money in a sport they played and enjoy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedgeHog8 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Just now, Voice of Reason said: I believe there is opportunity in recent grads. Recruit athletes to become officials, make some side money in a sport they played and enjoy. This is what I'm trying to do. It is not a fix for the right now obviously, but if I can get some quality kids interested in officiating to stay in the game, maybe some will eventually become quality officials on Friday nights. Young adults, however, have other priorities on Friday nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDeuce Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said: I believe there is opportunity in recent grads. Recruit athletes to become officials, make some side money in a sport they played and enjoy. To piggy back off this idea, it would be awesome if colleges/universities offered officiating classes as an elective. Go through the NFHS rule books, focus on technique, rotations, assignments, etc. Then have a tie in to the local association to get new officials started. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice of Reason Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, TheDeuce said: I agree, just pay them more. I think most assume schools will push back on that, so brainstorming ways to get it done seems fair. I don't think athletic directors will push back. If it will help with the officials shortage, the AD's will be all in. This shortage is a big pain to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguru Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 This is in the other thread and I think it should be here too. If anyone has any links to any specific officiating associations in Kentucky where you can sign up to officiate please post them in this thread. Officiating Information from the KHSAA: FOOTBALL ASSIGNING SECRETARIES Listed below are the current Football Assigning Secretaries, along with the Policy Board who has selected this assigner, and the counties that are represented by that specific Policy Board. Note that some counties may be in more than one region. Please also note that specific schools may choose any independent contracting assigner from this list to perform those services for that school. There are some regional policy boards who do not employ an assigner, and utilize the services of an assigner in an adjacent region. 1st Region- Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall, McCracken Joe Lewis 3815 Primrose Place Paducah, KY 42001 270-442-2883 (H) lewis5130@bellsouth.net 270-556-5737 2nd Region- Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Trigg, Union, Webster Jay Davis 901 Turnbury Drive Princeton, KY 42445 270-601-3733 (W) jwdavis80@bellsouth.net 270-836-0449 3rd Region- Breckinridge, Butler, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock, McLean, Meade, Muhlenberg, Ohio Brad Phipps 307 Wheeler Ave. Greenville, KY 42345 270-338-0040- (W) brad.phipps72@yahoo.com 270-543-3360 4th Region- Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell, Simpson, Todd, Warren Harold (Kris) Fields 233 Freestone Court Bowling Green, KY 42103 270-784-3483- (W) kris.fields44@gmail.com 502-263-3278 5th Region- Adair, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor, Washington Andy Strain 102 Daffodil Ct. Radcliff, KY 40160 270-351-1323- (W) 270-351-7375 (H) astrain102@gmail.com 270-272-3205 6th / 7th Region- Bullitt, Jefferson Don Hudson 1311 Amy Aves Sellersburg, IN 47172 502-210-3609 - (W) dhudsonjr11@gmail.com 502-210-3609 8th Region- Anderson, Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Henry, Kenton, Oldham, Owen, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, Woodford Shares services with adjacent regions 9th Region- Boone, Campbell, Kenton Steve Fromeyer 60 16th St. Newport, KY 41071 859-743-5789 (C) steve.fromeyer@gmail.com 859-743-5789 10th /11th Region- Bourbon, Bracken, Campbell, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Kenton, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nicholas, Pendleton, Robertson, Scott Keith Morgan 112 West Laurel Road London, KY 40741 606-864-8203 (H) ckfoa.assignor@gmail.com 606-231-6405 12th Region- Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, McCreary, Mercer, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne Kevin Dalton 363 Planters Way Somerset, KY 42503 606-678-4956- (W) 606-678-9142 (H) kdumpire@yahoo.com 606-875-4236 13th Region- Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Whitley Joseph Michael Black 23 Leatherwood Drive London, KY 40741 606-862-4699- (W) 606-878-2601 (H) jmblack6001@gmail.com 606-682-4246 14th Region- Breathitt, Estill, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Owsley, Perry, Powell, Wolfe Kyle Maggard 412 Napier Branch Rd Hazard, KY 41701 606-487-0744- (W) kylemaggard35@gmail.com 606-309-0624 15th Region- Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Pike Kevin Garris 1492 Broad Bottom Rd. Pikeville, KY 41501 606-432-0185- (W) 606-437-9972 (H) applewood1@mikrotec.com 606-422-6565 16th Region- Bath, Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Greenup, Lewis, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan Brian Taylor 206 Belleview Dr. Russell, KY 41169 606-465-2906 brianltaylor@roadrunner.com https://khsaa.org/officials/officiating-information/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguru Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 For Northern Kentucky: https://nkoafootball.com/ Sign up today The Northern Kentucky Officials Association (NKOA) is always looking for men and women who share a passion for the game of football who have a desire to get in the game! The NKOA was founded in 1967 and has over 1,000 years of combined officiating experience. We provide referees for 30 member schools from the Varsity to Middle school levels, as well as, various league and youth activities. Email Us More questions? NKOAFOOTBALL@GMAIL.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjs4470 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 44 minutes ago, TheDeuce said: Again, it's about priorities. I understand everyone is in a different financial situation, but people prioritize what they want to do. High school sports is no different. People can't complain about the quality of officiating if they aren't willing to do what it takes (in this hypothetical case, pay more to attend games) to help fix the issues. I don't completely disagree about priorities. But priorities change based on economics and ultimately price. Everyone has a limit on what they are willing pay for anything, whether it's a high school sporting event or like was mentioned before, coffee. And just following basic economic principle, every change in price has a corresponding change in demand with any item that is elastic in price until equilibrium is met. If the market is already at equilibrium, a raise in price won't mean an increase in total revenue. Higher prices only result in higher revenue if the current demand isn't being met at the existing price. 95% (or more) of high school aren't selling out now. So the situation doesn't exist for a raise in price to result in a rise in revenue. In other words, raising the price will lead to even lower attendance and probably less total revenue to pay officials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjs4470 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 36 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said: I understand. If we are looking for immediate solutions, I think increasing prices to pay for officials is bad timing with attendance down. Just pay the officials more. Realistically, this in the only option. But even this only fixes part of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerpride94 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 What do football officials typically get paid? I work as track official for USA T&F and each indoor meet I have worked, I have been paid 100.00. I think 100.00 for football official would be fair for 3 hour game. They especially should get paid more for big games like St. X, Male, and Trinity games where stadium is packed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjs4470 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, Tigerpride94 said: What do football officials typically get paid? I work as track official for USA T&F and each indoor meet I have worked, I have been paid 100.00. I think 100.00 for football official would be fair for 3 hour game. They especially should get paid more for big games like St. X, Male, and Trinity games where stadium is packed. $65 per contest for a 5 man crew during the regular season, $60 per contest for 7 man crews. This does bump up to $100 (and higher) for the playoffs. Here is the breakdown per sport. https://khsaa.org/common_documents/officials/20192020/officialsfees.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hip-Hop Box Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 29 minutes ago, Tigerpride94 said: What do football officials typically get paid? I work as track official for USA T&F and each indoor meet I have worked, I have been paid 100.00. I think 100.00 for football official would be fair for 3 hour game. They especially should get paid more for big games like St. X, Male, and Trinity games where stadium is packed. 5 man crew was $90 after sept we got a $5 raise. 7 man crew was $75 after sept was $5 raise. This is per CKYFOA. You have to arrive hr and a half before kickoff to pregame, You normally work your regular 9-5 and then go ref, you don't get home till 11:30-midnight on Fridays. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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