New, higher
fees as of September, 2008
The following are the per
game fees for Westchester League (WYSL) games as established by Eastern New
York State:
Center Ref
Assistant Ref Duration
U19-17 $72
$36 2 40-minute halves
U16-15 $62
$31 2 40-minute halves
U14-13 $50
$25 2 35-minute halves
U12-11 $40
$20 2 30-minute halves
U10-9 $35
2 25-minute halves
HS divisions I and II equal
U18.
HS division III equals U17.
HS divisions IV and V equal
U16.
HS divisions VI, VII, and
VIII equal U15.
Generally, referees
are assigned two or three consecutive games at a field.
Underdome rates are
comparable, based on the length of games.
Game fees for all Scarsdale
Youth Soccer games are $30.
Fees for adult leagues are considerably
higher for both the center referee and the ARs.
Fees for Super Y-League, all
age groups are:
U13/14 $45 $25
U15/16 $50 $30
U17/20 $55 $35
Youth tournament fees are in
line with the Eastern NY State fees above, based on the length of the
game. Tournament games are normally of
much shorter duration and referees officiate more games during the course of
the day.
For those of you planning to accept assignments to
referee WYSL games I thought it would be helpful if you understood just
how and when members of the WSRO get paid.
When you accept tournament assignments the WSRO
will issue the individual checks after we have been paid by the sponsoring
tournament. These will be handed out at our regular meetings in Stepinac High
School.
When you undertake assignments for the weekend
travel league, WYSL, they will issue individual referee checks several times
throughout the season and these will be distributed at our meetings
in Stepinac.
In order for the WYSL to initiate a check you must
enter online your game reports. Do it immediately.
Let's review your pre-game responsibilities which
includes checking in each of the teams scheduled to play. You have already been
told to arrive at least 1/2 hour prior to kick-off which gives you plenty
of time to check field conditions, markings on the field, goal nets, goal
anchors, etc.
Next, ask each team to line up and have the coach
hand you the WYSL Official Team Lineup as well as give each of his/her players
their WYSL ID cards. The left side of the Lineup sheet contains a list of the
player's names and their uniform #s plus the date of the game, the location,
age group, name of team and most important, the coach's signature. All U9-10 teams
also have designated Sporting Directors who must also print and sign their
names to the lower left side of the lineup. Now inspect the players for
proper equipment, jewelry (not allowed) y, casts, sharp objects in the hair and
quickly make sure their jersey #s matches what the coach placed on the lineup
sheet. This process should not take more than 5 minutes and when completed you
should have possession of all the player ID cards. Store the ID cards and
lineup sheets in your referee bag, complete your review of the other team and
call team captains out to the middle of the field for the toss of the coin.
Remember, there may be several games scheduled for that field so it's very
important to get your started at the designated time. Some coaches will ask for
a delay because their best player is lost. If they have 7 players(6 for
u-9/10/11) get the game going.
Whoops, don't forget to give each coach or team
captains a flag and request them to secure volunteers to run the lines. Please
remind those volunteers to only indicate out of bounds and not direction. Don't
worry, once the game begins they'll indicate direction anyway....just ignore
that and make your own decisions.
Once the game ends please remember to return the
team's ID cards to their respective coaches after you have watched the two
teams shake hands. If you have completed your assignment take the coaches
lineups, go home, and complete these sheets by filling out the right side with
your name (print it clearly PLEASE), phone #, game report if required, score,
sporting behavior points for coaches, parents and players and sign it. In the
event you issued any yellow or red cards please make certain you have provided
that information back on the left side next to each player's name.
In the event it was necessary to card
a coach please use the game report section to provide your comments as to
what the coach did.
P.S. You must keep the ID cards of any ejected
player or coach and mail them to the WYSL office....address located at the
bottom of the lineup sheet.
P.S. Keep a record of your assignments....date,
field, age group, teams.....in the event
you
don't get the correct amount of money from the League. Should that happen
you will
be expected to write to them at the end of the season with the details.
Most important, HAVE FUN OUT THERE.
Yours in Soccer,
Bruce Mandel, Assignor for WYSL