GAME ASSIGNMENTS
Getting
Ohio South Game Assignments
As a
certified US Soccer Referee you are an independent contractor
and are qualified to be assigned and work in Ohio South youth
competitive
league
and/or tournament matches.
All
game assignments must be approved by and made through a
Certified US Soccer Assignor and the level of assignment is
solely at the
discretion
of the Assignor.
Finding a Certified US Soccer/OSSRC Assignor
A list of all OSSRC Certified Assignors
along with their pertinent contact information can be
accessed using the OSSRC website.
- Log
in as a member using your OSSRC ID number and password,
click on “Member Information” and search by “Member Type
(Assignor)”.
- The
names of all Certified OSSRC Assignors along with their
District, e-mail address and contact phone number(s) are
included in this
listing.
Specific
lists of OSSRC Certified League and Tournament Assignors can
also be found using the OSSRC website.
- Click
on the “Assigning” drop-down menu along the top of the OSSRC
home page for access to “League Assignors” and “Tournament
Assignors”
- Assignor’s
name, District and e-mail address are listed for all
sanctioned Ohio South youth Leagues and Tournaments.
General Assigning Process
There
are over seventy (70) Ohio South Certified Assignors who are
qualified to assign officials to youth league and tournament
games.
There
are also several different assigning platforms being used by
these assignors, each of which uses a different way of
implementing the
assigning
process.
- Each
Assignor also has their own unique set of requirements that
an official must follow in order to be assigned to their
games.
- Referees
must understand that they are subject to the specific and
different requirements of each Assignor for whom they are
working.
- Referees
must not assume that all Assignors operate in the same
manner, the assigning process can vary significantly from
Assignor to
Assignor.
Responsibilities of the Referee
- Referees
must initiate contact with any Assignor(s) of their choosing
in order to be placed on an Assignor’s League and/or
Tournament list and
subsequently be scheduled to officiate their games.
- Referees
may choose to work for one or several Assignors.
- Initial
communication with any Assignor will require the Referee to
share their individual data regarding age, experience,
preferences, availability,
conflicts, comfort level, e-mail address, phone number(s)
and/ or any other pertinent info that may be requested by
the Assignor.
- Referees
are responsible for their own schedule and may choose to
accept or not accept games from an Assignor, but once a
mutual agreement has
been made between the Assignor and the Referee a binding
contract is in place and the Referee may not drop the
assigned game(s) in order to officiate
other game(s).
Responsibilities
of the Assignor
- Assignors
must share with Referees whom they assign to matches -
preferably in writing - the rules and/or expectations by
which the Referee mustfollow,
the game fees, the method of payment and how to use their
assigning platform.
- Assignors
must inform their Referees on how to best communicate with
the Assignor to request, accept or decline game(s)
assignments.
- Assignors must respond within a reasonable time frame regarding any assignments (or non-assignments).
The Assigning Communication Process
When the schedule of games is posted or made available
to the Referee community or the Assignor’s list of Referees the following steps are required:Referee
notifies Assignor of their availability
- Assignor
notifies Referee of initial game(s) that they are being
assigned
- Referee
responds to the Assignor’s initial schedule --- accepts,
declines or requests changes
- Assignor
sends Referee confirmation of final schedule
- Referee
acknowledges receipt of Assignor’s confirmation
A binding contract is in effect when (and ONLY when) all five (5) steps are completed