Quote Originally Posted by Izzy View Post
A question without notice for the brains trust. My teenage son referees locally in the North Coast Football community competition. I noticed recently that there was a 10% 'fee' deducted from his referring wages each week. When I questioned NCF about this, the answer was that is to cover the 'cost of administration' for the referees department. Does NNSW do this for their refs? NCF wages match those published on the NNSW website LESS the 10% fee.

It seems very odd to me that the kids (and adults) are responsible for these costs and not registration fees from the players. Thoughts?
When I was a ref, there were some fees associated with it. 10% sounds about right.
Clubs would pay cash on the day. Association would send a monthly statement.
I think it was acceptable as like a “finders fee” for them finding and allocating you the work.

I guess they need some funding to survive.
And each club used to do things differently with players too, especially with interdistrict comps, some clubs would say, add a bulk payment as part of rego to cover all match fees. Others would forgo this and teams would pay the referees per game. (Usually juniors were covered by club paying us and seniors was players passing the hat around haha).

I assume/hope things have become a bit more streamlined, but your post suggests otherwise.