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As
we developed SportsOfficialsOnline.com, we did it with the
thoughts in mind that it would help officials get more games and
that it would also reduce the number of needless phone calls by
athletic directors and assignors trying to locate available
officials for their sporting events. To this day, we continue to
receive many, many kind comments regarding the way our service
is helping both sports officials and athletic
directors/assignors. Here are just some of those comments. We thank
them all for their kind words. Please stop back periodically to
read our testimonials, as we will continue to update them as new
comments are received.
Sports Official
Testimonials:
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Keep up the Great
Work!!! You are helping all officials reach the schools and
all the schools reach the officials. Thanks, RP, Official –
Logan County
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Thanks for the
offer to rejoin your online availability service. I did
benefit from the service last year and have been called
recently for spring 2003 games already. After having been out
of officiating for several years I really benefited from your
on-line services in order to pick up some games last spring
and to get my name back in circulation. It is sometimes
difficult to get games if you're a young official and or
starting over as in my case. Given all the rainouts last
spring, it was especially helpful in getting our schedules out
to the AD's. Thanks for starting the service and keep up the
good work. DLB, Official - Shelby County
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This program sure
works great. I keep getting calls based on openings and I'm
sure it eliminates some calls when they see my schedule.
Great work! PH, Official - Allen County
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Just to let you
know, both of my thumbs are still pointed up. Your service is
wonderful. Thanks. MH, Official – Shelby County
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You guys have done
a bang up job with this. This last season I know that I
picked up at least 5 games for baseball through the site. I
figure that 5 times $45 per game, my investment more than paid
off. Keep up the good work. Thanks, WL, Official - Logan
County
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Have gotten a lot
of very goods responses from the AD's in this area of
Northwest Ohio on the great help your service offers. Keep up
the good work. HD, Official – Williams County
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I think the system
is great and none of us officials realize the time and effort
your guys put in to it to make it that way. Keep up the good
work and keep signing up the schools. AH, Official – Logan
County
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In a week that I
have been on-line I have already picked up 3 or 4 games. This
is very easy to use and I am going to tell my fellow umpires
and officials to seriously consider this as it is very
inexpensive and well worth it. The calendar is a great
feature that I wish my college group could get as I have to
e-mail or fax a closed date every time I schedule a new game.
Keep up the good work and I look forward to being a part of
this for a long time. BK, Official – Allen County
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I picked up 4
varsity games for basketball this past season. I am already
receiving calls from assigners for 2004 softball season that
they have went on line and saw that I had open dates from the
Green Meadows Conference. This is a wonderful tool. KL,
Official - Van Wert County
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This is great.
The first day I signed on I received calls and e-mails for
nine games. I was able to pick up seven of these. I think
anyone who does not go online with you will be missing the
boat. This makes the job easier for all involved. Thanks
again. DJ, Official - Defiance County
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Hey, things are
working well for me. I have already received a couple of
basketball games and also some softball games thanks to your
website. It has helped tremendously for me. Thanks.
JR,
Official – Putnam County
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The website has
been working great for me. I have received almost all of my
games via the website, and I am on a Varsity-only schedule. My
dates are almost completely filled and I am more than
satisfied with the responses I have received. I have also
received compliments from area athletic directors, praising me
for keeping my site updated and saving them headaches from
trying to find officials who have their site updated. Thanks.
NM, Official – Auglaize County
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The site is a
valuable asset for schools and officials. I am a first year
basketball official, and this site was responsible for most of
my games I worked this season. JM, Official - Logan County
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Just thought I
would say hello to SportsOfficialsOnline.com. The service is
really user friendly and I have had zero difficulty in getting
started. Thanks for the direction and assistance. SC,
Official – Fulton County
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My 2004 schedule
is 50% full, thanks to SportsOfficialsOnline.com and I'm
already scheduling games for 2005.
MB, Fulton County
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I've heard a lot
of good things about your site, and after going through the
setup, it seems very easy to use. I had no problems at all.
DS, Official - Putnam County
Association Secretary
Testimonials:
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Last night at our
meeting one umpire stood up and said he had received 28 games
in the last 7 days. Another umpire echoed that he received 7
games in the last two days. Amazing! DM, Association
Secretary
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I wanted to tell
you how much the officials and athletic directors really like
your service. It has really made my job as secretary easier,
too. BW – Association Secretary
Athletic Director /
Assignor
Testimonials:
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This (your
service) is a no-brainer to have. It has saved several
nights of working late so I can be with my family. I
haven't failed yet to find an official. J Edinger, AD - Spencerville HS
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Wow!!! SportsOfficialsOnline has really made our jobs as
athletic directors easier. It is a very organized, well
thought out, user-friendly system that makes getting officials
& umpires so easy! Great system! J Shatto, AD – Ft Loramie HS
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SportsOfficialsOnline is an excellent tool for Athletic
Directors. It has already made my life much easier. D Blue, AD
– Hicksville HS
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SportsOfficialsOnline has been a tremendous help in finding
officials. It is especially helpful for non-varsity events
and rescheduled games. T Meyer, AD – Cory-Rawson HS
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I would like to
say how much this service has helped this Spring. It is
wonderful to be able to go to a site and find out who is open
and willing to work for your school. Whereas, in the past you
would just pull out your officials list and start calling. It
has really been a time saver. K Smelser, AD – Van Wert HS
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SportsOfficialsOnline has been a great help to me, especially
this spring with all the cancellations. This service is a
win-win for all involved - the schools and the officials. I'd
encourage all schools/officials to get on board. D Krauss, AD-Archbold
HS
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Sports Officials
Online has been what the doctor ordered for me. It has saved
me an unbelievable amount of time. It also gives me names of
officials interested in coming to our school that I would have
not even ever thought of contacting. Officials and AD's
benefit from this service. T Boeckman, AD – St Henry HS
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SportsOfficialsOnline.com has been a MAJOR time saver for me.
It has cut out all of the cat and mouse phone call games and I
can find an official after spending 10 minutes on the computer
rather than spending hours and hours on phone calls in the
evenings. Spring has been great! Now if we can get the
quality basketball officials online, the scheduling nightmare
will become a breeze. M Donovan, AD - Stryker HS
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With the many
rainouts and postponements this spring, your website has been
greatly appreciated since I can now simply look to see who is
available on the rescheduled date. Thanks, B Flack, AD - Pettisville HS
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SportsOfficialsOnline has been a tremendous help in finding
officials; especially during the spring with bad weather
rescheduling. We have avoided spending hours on the
telephone. We are very pleased with the service. B Kattman,
AD - Lima Shawnee HS
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I couldn't be
happier with your service. It has made my job so much easier
this spring. First of all, I can't stand trying to track down
officials via the telephone to see if they are available to
work make-up softball & baseball games. Your service has
taken that away by showing me instantly who is available to
work on any given day. I love e-mail, and this allows me to
send an e-mail & receive word back quickly without playing
"phone tag." I know other AD's using your service feel the
same way.
Because I'm new to the Napoleon area, I'm still learning who
the area officials are in the various sports we offer. Your
service has helped eliminate the hassle of calling or sending
out letters to find officials. Once again, I look on the
screen, click the name, send an e-mail and usually receive
word back quickly. It has made my job more efficient in terms
of hiring officials for dates next year and on into the
future.
To be honest, I was not cracked up about spending the money
for this service at first. However, I truly feel as if I've
already reaped the benefits and your fee was a small price to
pay for the help your service has provided me. I wish more
officials would jump on board & see that this service is on
the cutting edge of modern technology. Thanks for what you've
done to make my job easier for an AD who hates making multitudes of
phone calls. Keep up the good work! B Musgrave, AD -
Napoleon HS
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Your
SportsOfficialsOnline web site has made my job 100% easier.
It makes contacting officials quicker and easier because it
narrows my search. That alone is worth it. Second, it helps
tremendously with rescheduling games on short notice because I
can pick out a couple of available officials and usually
within one or two calls I can have an official. I feel that
once I make it part of my routine for hiring officials for
next seasons it will be of a great benefit in that area also.
Using the email function has made contacting these officials
so much better. This service is tremendous. B Mast, AD
-Hardin Northern HS
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I have found
SportsOfficialsOnline.com to be a very useful and time saving
website. It has been especially helpful during spring sports
with all the rainouts. T Bryan, AD - Lincolnview HS
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Your service has
been invaluable in finding replacement officials for games.
Let me give you a few examples:
I have had five or six occasions where I've had an official
contact me the day before a contest because they could not
make a contracted game for a legitimate reason. I was able to
use your service to get a replacement official with only one
or two phone calls. In the past I might have made 20 or 30
phone calls in my attempts to get the game covered. It would
get to the point where my only concern was to fill the hole
with a "warm body". Plus, I was bothering a large number of
officials at home with phone calls that were already scheduled
for a game.
This spring I have rescheduled more cancelled games then ever
before because of your service. In the past, it has been rare
for us to reschedule any weather-cancelled softball/baseball
except for varsity league contests. We would almost never
reschedule a JV contest in these sports. By using your
service, I have rescheduled more contests this spring than
ever before, thus giving our athletes more opportunities to
compete. (Isn't this what it's all about?) I can use your
service while I am on the phone with another AD and see what
the availability of officials is for any particular date that
we are talking about rescheduling.
I anticipate that I will still go through my normal process
for the initial contracting of officials and use your service
for those times when an official cannot make a contracted
event or when we want to reschedule.
I also feel that your service is going to give newer/younger
officials a chance to work more contests. I have had officials
come to Bluffton that I would never have contacted without
your service. As we see the willingness of these officials to
work games and then get a chance to see them work, I am more
likely to offer them games in the future. I would think that
this would help to encourage some of our younger officials to
stay in the business of officiating games.
I have already sent a letter to the volleyball officials'
organizations on Lima and Findlay encouraging them to have
their members sign up for your service. Volleyball is one of
the sports where it can be more difficult to find officials
and I would anticipate that your service would be of a great
benefit.
I apologize for writing such a long response when you only
asked for a few lines but I feel your service has been of
great assistance to our school. J Raabe, AD - Bluffton HS
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As hectic as
yesterday became (as it does in the Spring) the ONE thing I
can be thankful of is that getting umpires for a last minute
make-up game was NOT one of the things that added to the
stress of the day and that was due to your website. I, as
well as our secretary (who good athletic directors will tell
you REALLY run the show!) appreciate VERY much this website.
It has been invaluable to us and has worked EXTREMELY well for
us. I was also going to pass my thanks to Jeff Keckler who
introduced this site to me.
Interestingly
enough, our secretary is married to an assignor and is also an
active basketball official. He like many has been skeptical
and I have repeated over and over again that I am the most
skeptical person in the world and I support this 100%. I hope
his association becomes a convert as I have told him it would
benefit HIM and I over and over again. As an assignor, he and
his wife have spent the better part of the last two weeks on
the telephone in the evening trying to solve school's problems
on assignments. Your website solves that problem.
I will continue to support your endeavors and hope you reach
your goal. J Snodgrass, AD - Findlay HS
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I use the
SportsOfficialsOnline on a regular basis. In fact, I am using
the "Directory of Officials" book less and less. You know who
is available on the date you need filled and can contact them
instantly, either by phone or email. J.H., AD – Ottoville
HS
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