Referee Fees

The NCYSA Challenge Council submits the following proposal to the Referee payment schedule regarding U10 matches.

Referee Fees

No league or playing association may pay referee fees higher than the following rates established by the NCYSA Board of Directors. The following statewide mandatory referee fees for youth matches were adopted by the Board of Directors at the February 13, 2005 Annual General Meeting and are effective Fall of 2005:

	Referee	Assistant Referees	Game Total	Per Team
U17 & up	$44	$29	$102	$51
U15 - U16	$38	$23	$84	$42
U13 - U14	$32	$21	$74	$37
U12 and below (change to) U11 – U12	$28	$15	$58	$29

FOR U10 PLAY

Challenge Scheduling Leagues, using one referee, as approved by NCYSA Challenge Council, will pay the referee $28 per match. Scheduling leagues choosing to continue to use the 3 man system at U10 will pay up to the maximum as indicated above for U11 – U12.

No league or playing association may pay referee fees higher than these established rates for referee services for the designated division and competition level.

No tournament may pay referee fees higher than these established rates for referee services for the designated division and competition level, unless authorized in writing prior to the sanctioning of the tournament by NCYSA after consultation with NCSRA.

The Classic League rates are mandatory for all state league games and the Challenge and Recreation rates are guidelines but represent a maximum cap. Local playing groups may set lower rates for payment.

PLEASE REMEMBER: Only Referees who are Grade 8 or above are to be used for center and linemen for all Challenge matches. (Clarification Challenge Council 6/9/2007)

Challenge State Cup requires a 3-man referee system, while within Challenge league play, either a 1 or 3-man referee system can be used (Challenge Council 2/5/05). Officials ARE NOT ALLOWED to run a two-man system (two center officials with no linesman). If only two officials show up for your match, then they receive THEIR appropriate fees: one center fee and one linesman fee, and an unpaid club linesman is used. If only one official shows up for your match (U11 and above), then he/she is paid the center’s fee PLUS one linesman fee, and two unpaid club linesman are used.