Quote Originally Posted by sapdad View Post
And the reason they dont charge clubs is that its an extra layer of admin (for clubs and NNSW) because they cant charge every club flat fee because not every club gets the same amount of referees.The current system works fine I have literally not ever heard a complaint about the amount of money NNSW pays referees compared to other jobs those kids could be doing at those ages.
Who is complaining about what the refs get paid? Typical internet strawman argument. I don't have an opinion on that really, but my son seems reasonably happy with what he gets paid. However, with the acute shortage of referees out there it might provide some evidence to the contrary. My beef is the model. As I said in the previous post - just like every other department within NNSW (or any business for that matter) the revenue they receive is used to cover their expenses. If that means fees to players and NNSW cut goes up a couple of bucks a year then so be it.