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There is not a three hour rule unless the chapter of officials says they will only work for three hours. The officials don't get paid for scrimmages, the chapter does. I believe the current fees are $125 for the first three hours and then $75 per hour after that. I worked a scrimmage that lasted 4 1/2 hours on Friday night....could have been longer but one team decided they were done. In Tyler we try to stay until the scrimmage ends. When you play freshman, JV, and Varsity it can be a long night for the officials, but we love what we do. Just glad the real games start this week.

Surprised that they did, but glad they can wear the jerseys that they spent money to purchase.

The people at the state level that are serving as the uniform police so each individual refereeing crew won't have to.

A life lost way too soon. He was heading home from a Football Officiating clinic in Tyler.

@REBgp I think Evadale's new uniforms will be fine...but my say is not the one that matters.

The onus is on the officials to enforce the rule. Yes, there is a chance that one crew would enforce the rule while another would not. The different officiating chapters are supposed to get pictures of questionable jerseys and advise the members as to which jerseys are legal and which are illegal. This has been taught to the coaches at the coaching convention a couple of weeks back as well. There is even an email address where coaches can send pictures of their uniforms to inquire whether or not they are legal. The hope is that all officiating crews enforce the rule the same.

Yep the numbers have to be a contrasting color...The outline does not matter....the number has to be contrasting. Hard to see from the press box and on film. NCAA changed the rule several years ago...the UIL has had a exception on the books, but it goes away this season. JT will not be the only team that won't get to use new uniforms....It will cost them a timeout each qtr if they choose to wear them. If they are out of timeouts...a five yard penalty.

Might be illegal. UIL exception to the NCAA rule expires this year.

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Tonight is the night to come and check it out!

It is just one week from tonight. Come and checkout Football Officiating if you think it might be for you. We need lots of help on Thursday nights!

I am sure the SFA chapter would love to have you on Thursday nights. Remember football officiating is about more than Fridays. Every chapter actually calls more games outside of Friday than they do on Friday. Most officials make more money calling subvarsity games than they do calling varsity games as well.

Just a reminder...Football Officiating is not only about Friday nights. I know many of you attend and support your favorite team each week on Friday. Our biggest need is Sub-Varsity coverage on Thursday nights...we also have some games on Monday and Tuesday. We have officials that only work sub-varsity games because of child playing on Friday or wanting to just be fan....but if you get into officiating and grow to love it, you won't want to be in the stands on Friday either. We have the best seats in the house. See the original post for information on our meeting July 17th. Come and check it out. You might find that you look good in vertical stripes.

Is baseball no longer using Driller Park?

The note at the end refers to scrimmages. That money goes to the chapter. Officials are not paid for scrimmages

Yes. Football is the only sport where "gate" still factors. You can google uil 1204 and see the pay for all sports in Texas In East Texas, $200 would be an extremely high game fee. Matt Steps assertation that many guys get more than that is probably more true in the areas with a lot of large schools. Officials do get paid mileage. Some schools fudge on the gate as well. Not a perfect solution out there, but I wish they would raise the Varsity pay and get rid of the gate. Subvarsity pay has gone up in recent years...but I would not complain if it were higher. The officials that love the gate are the ones that only work 5A and 6A games. Plus gates can be large in the playoffs as well.

Come join us on the 17th. You can show us what in shape looks like.

There is a chapter in Longview and one in Tyler. Coverage areas overlap. Longview chapter has more games to the east. There is a chapter in Longview and one in Tyler. Coverage areas overlap. Longview chapter has more games to the east.

Thanks MattStepp

You guys like to talk about football, but do you have what it takes to be a Football Official? There is a need for more Football Officials all across the state of Texas and East Texas is know different. Come and be a part of the Tyler Chapter of the Texas Association of Sports Officals. Training is provided. We have an Informational Meeting on Monday July 17th at TJC West Campus in room 101. The meeting will begin at 6:30 and last approximately 1 hour. For more information check us out on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/tylertasofootball/

And I thought they would automatically start out 5-0

Don't know if the OC is leaving, but Maddox is going to be the OC.

Matt Stepp (‪@Matt_Stepp817‬) 6/21/17, 3:29 PM Marshall has withdrawn from the Rowlett SQT likely will be subject to a one yr SQT ban #txhsfb #tx7on7 https://twitter.com/Matt_Stepp817/status/877624600057786369

I agree 100% the sub-varsity teams have not been very competitive lately. Hopefully more numbers will mean more people can play at the lower levels.

Jacksonville won the other semi. They are off to CS as well