They're people too and they might have a family out there. Miller sacrifices a lot of family time to pursue his passion for officiating. In addition to working full-time as a project manager for Twin Contracting Corp., he calls high school varsity games Tuesday and Friday nights. He also works three recreation games on Saturdays and three more on Sundays. Some weeks include freshman high school games.
Referees get no mileage reimbursement.
The CBOA covers all Loudoun, Fairfax, Prince William and Fauquier county prep games, along with Alexandria, the Northwestern District and some middle school games. You do it for the love of the game, and hopefully better the game. I also do it for the kids. Getting to the varsity level takes lots of time and effort. Starting with recreation league games, an official on a fast track can begin getting varsity games in five years, according to Fitzhugh.