Do officials get paid for scrimmages? I thought they used the time to pre-pare for the season. SW had 10-12 officials at the Russell Co. scrim. They worked at different positions. I saw one "white hat" working as a Line-Judge while someone else handled the Head Man job.

 

I don't like when people are charged for a scrimmage. I was wondering what the KHSAA stand is on the subject. I don't mind a charge if the money goes to some charity or scholarship fund. However, the comment about it only being $3 or $5 bothers me a bit.

 

If someone has 2 or 3 kids, you start to talk about some real money. I have always said that kids 12 and under should be allowed in at NO charge with a paying adult. Get your Jr. High and Elem. kids to the games. Get them excited about supporting their high school. JMHO.

It is, but referees show up for scrimmage. I don't see any referees at a practice.

 

Great point. You also have to have a lined field to scrimmage, which you don't have to have for practice.

 

As far as the "#1" thing goes, my team has never been ranked #1, but we will charge you a few bucks for a scrimmage. The officials get paid, people are paid to clean up the trash that the fans leave, etc. It is entertainment...cheap and good, hopefully.

Among those who support schools who charge for scrimmages, there seem to be three camps. One is the "football is expensive and we need to defray the cost" camp; one is the "badge of honor - we're so good that we would pay any price to see our team and if you had a team this good you would too" camp, and the third is the "we always support our team" camp.

 

The practice of charging should be left to each program. I do agree that it would be a nice idea to admit students under a certain age free of charge. Admission can get fairly expensive for a large family; and what better way to get kids interested then to let them watch the local teams free of charge?

Franklin County charges for home scrimmages, it is a big way to make money, it is usually paired with a meet the team night and the youth leagues come and scrimmage also. Most football teams dont get to keep gate reciepts so it is a good oppurtunity.

I still like the donations that Russell utilizes. You get the best of both worlds. If you don't want to donate then don't. Walk right by and sit down and enjoy. If you want to help out then get your money out and put it in the jar. I noticed the big jar they had was full of fives and tens last night. Just for the record. I donated.

Donations would be a good idea, but with gate you get money from your opponents too, and why worry about them getting upset.

Donations would be a good idea, but with gate you get money from your opponents too, and why worry about them getting upset.

 

I personally don't think that you should pay for a scrimmage if you have limited funds or you have any other reason you don't want to pay. With that said I like donations. Pay if you can, or don't pay for what ever reason you may have. Most people don't have a problem donating. Some do and that Okay. Walk right on by and sit down. As I said before the jar was full of money.

Practice is against each other the scrimmages we are speaking of are against other teams, so no it is not what I would call practice. I know when I played I sure loked forward to our first scrimmage, because you got to hit someone new.

In Ohio ... the OHSAA forbids charging for scrimmages ..... does KY have anything in the KHSAA like that

At St. Xavier the games are free. Last year we Scrimmaged Scott Co. and they charged. Guess they wanted to take advantage of the St. Xavier faithful.

Do officials get paid for scrimmages? I thought they used the time to pre-pare for the season. SW had 10-12 officials at the Russell Co. scrim. They worked at different positions. I saw one "white hat" working as a Line-Judge while someone else handled the Head Man job.

 

I don't like when people are charged for a scrimmage. I was wondering what the KHSAA stand is on the subject. I don't mind a charge if the money goes to some charity or scholarship fund. However, the comment about it only being $3 or $5 bothers me a bit.

 

If someone has 2 or 3 kids, you start to talk about some real money. I have always said that kids 12 and under should be allowed in at NO charge with a paying adult. Get your Jr. High and Elem. kids to the games. Get them excited about supporting their high school. JMHO.

In the KFOA in Jefferson Oldham, and BullittCounty, no referee gets paid for any scrimmages. You can tell by the pants. If the referee has white pants on, then it is a paid event( or they are a rookie official!) . If they have shorts on, they are volunteering. So the Schools don't occur the costs of the officials plus the security requirements for police officers are lax plus the emt requirement is generally waived plus announcers typically are not present. Maybe if some schools would take the money and buy helmets so all of their freshman team could get helmets,....but like someone said, it is a choice.

Among those who support schools who charge for scrimmages, there seem to be three camps. One is the "football is expensive and we need to defray the cost" camp; one is the "badge of honor - we're so good that we would pay any price to see our team and if you had a team this good you would too" camp, and the third is the "we always support our team" camp.

 

The practice of charging should be left to each program. I do agree that it would be a nice idea to admit students under a certain age free of charge. Admission can get fairly expensive for a large family; and what better way to get kids interested then to let them watch the local teams free of charge?

What about the fourth camp? Those who voluntarily pay for their kids' schooling and related activities and are thus indoctrinated to fork over cash for any reason whatsoever, like zombies.

What about the fourth camp? Those who voluntarily pay for their kids' schooling and related activities and are thus indoctrinated to fork over cash for any reason whatsoever, like zombies.

I agree. I'm not supportive of charging for scrimmages. I'm sure schools would lose money on lights, refs, etc., but sometimes it shouldn't always be about money. Not everything in high school sports has to deal with a ledger.

Charge the adults if you want but let the students in free.! They will spend enough at the concession stand to make-up for it and I would rather have butts in the seats supporting the team than very few students!

 

I think students should be charged a max of $1.00 to go to any school sporting event at home.

Charge the adults if you want but let the students in free.! They will spend enough at the concession stand to make-up for it and I would rather have butts in the seats supporting the team than very few students!

 

I think students should be charged a max of $1.00 to go to any school sporting event at home.

 

I'm sure that other schools have a version of this:

 

At Mason County, straight "A's" gets a student a card that allows free admission to all home sporting events. Honor roll (but not straight As) gets a different color card that gives 50% off the admission price of all home sporting events.

 

To be honest, I'm not sure how this system works below the high school level.