How to put a referee or staff member on a game

Each game on the Schedule page has its own Refs and Staff buttons. Use them to put someone on one game, or to change who automatic assignment chose. The people and teams you name yourself stay when you assign referees automatically again; a place such as a seed doesn’t.

Before you start

• You need to manage the event or its schedule, or its referees for Refs and its staff for Staff.
• Referees come from the Referees page (see how to add referees and see their workload), and staff from the Staff page (see how to add staff and volunteers).
• If referees or staff are locked, the button is hidden: unlock them first. See how to lock parts of your event.

Put a referee on a game

1. On your event’s Schedule page, click a game. Its card shows what you can do to it, such as Refs and Staff.

   

2. Click Refs.

   

3. Click Choose a referee. The list shows your referees under Referees, then the teams of this game’s division under Teams. A referee marked • Already reffing this timeslot is on another game at the same time and can’t be picked. The other marks are explained below.

   

4. Pick the referee. To add another one, click Add Referee in the window and pick again.

   

5. Click Save.

   

Put a staff member on a game

1. With the game still selected, click Staff.

   

2. Click Choose staff and pick the person. Each is shown with their role. To add another one, click Add Staff in the window.

   

3. Click Save.

   

4. Press Esc to put the game’s buttons away. Its card names its referees, then its staff with their role. If the cards are too small to show them, zoom in with the magnifier buttons at the start of the toolbar.

   

Change or remove someone

Click the game, then Refs or Staff again. Pick someone else in a row to replace that person, or click the bin (Delete) beside the row to take them off, then click Save.

What the lists warn you about

The Refs list checks this game and the others at the same time:

• A referee already on another of them can’t be picked, and is marked • Already reffing this timeslot.
• A team playing in one of them can’t be picked, and is marked • Currently playing. A team refereeing another one is marked • Already reffing this timeslot, but you can still pick it.
• Referees whose Ball Types leave out this division’s ball aren’t listed.
• The list can also offer places, such as a seed or the winner or loser of a playoff game; the team fills in once it’s known. A place decided after this game starts can’t be picked, and is marked Decided after this game starts.

The Staff list checks nothing. Once you save, the schedule’s warnings catch the rest: a referee or staff member on two games that overlap, or one whose account also plays at that time, a team refereeing while it plays, or a referee on three or more games in a row. See how to read and fix schedule warnings.