The Basics

Read this How To Guide if you are new to the Association or just want a gentle reminder.

Availability

Each member is expected to communicate his/her availability to the Assignor, and to keep his/her availability status current by contacting the Assignor as soon as any change occurs, either way.

Assignments

The Assignor makes notification of all assignments. He may be reached at 316-0808.

How Assignments Are Set

Assignments are based on matching the games to be covered with those referees who are available, along with the rating/ranking of each referee's ability to cover the competition level of a particular game.

Rankings

These rankings are adjusted regularly based on various factors, such as experience, knowledge of the Laws, fitness and dependability. These factors may be discussed with the Assignor on an individual basis, along with feedback on how to improve one's ranking.

Failure to Confirm

Failure to promptly confirm one's assignments by the Wednesday before each weekend may lead to reassignment of games without notice. It is of course highly undesirable to require the Assignor to deal with a large number of late reassignments.

Failure to Honor Game Assignments

Not showing up at a game that you have been assigned, after confirming that assignment, is considered by SSBRA a serious breach of proper conduct, since it results in other members being forced to cover extra games at the last minute, or some games to be uncovered. Such poor performance reflects on the Association and its membership as a whole, and may affect whether SSBRA receives future assignments from league and tournament organizers.

Sanctions for No-shows

Fines or suspensions may be levied by the Board in cases of no-shows per the Bylaws, subject to appeal by the sanctioned member.

Assignment Notifications

Assignments for Coast Soccer League games are retrieved by Members by going here. Each member will be given a log-on name and password by the Assignor (the password may be changed by the Member at any time, along with other personal information on the page) after first signing on. The games, teams, times, fields, directions to the fields, competition level and names of the other referees in the team are given.

Accepting An Assignment

To accept the assignment, the member clicks the accept button. If declining, the member clicks on the decline button. After indicating availability for each assigned match, the Member clicks the Send to Assignor button at the bottom the page. This must be done as soon as possible to permit games to be reassigned promptly. Unconfirmed assignments create undesirable stress and last-minute work by the Assignor.

Other Leagues and Tournaments

For non-CSL games, the SSBRA assignment system is used. The Member receives an e-mail with a link to a separate page which allows the Member to accept or decline any and all assignments. The e-mail should be retained should changes be required but assignments for any particular date may be reviewed here.

Rainouts

Game cancellations due to wet fields are commonplace. In rainy weather, referees should determine if their games have been cancelled or rescheduled before going to the fields by checking their e-mails, the league Web sites, their answering machines, their wives/husbands, their children, the Assignor, or any other source of relevant information.