[Jon Stratis]

Based on the other key volunteers here in MN... I don't think paying us would make any difference (not that I'd turn it down - one event is about 40 hours of effort for me!). Most of the key volunteers here do two regionals, states, and 1-2 off season events as it is - all extremely dedicated volunteers.

Mistakes happen. With a rulebook and game that goes through drastic changes every year, you're going to get some mistakes. With 400+ Q&A responses, you're going to miss something. That's the advantage sports like football have - the rulebook seldom changes, and when it does it's a relatively small change. So someone who has been reffing for years has a ton of experience with that game - here, many of our refs are seeing the game play out for the very first time while trying to ref it.

IMO, if we want to decrease mistakes, then we just need to get everyone more experience before the actual event. Something like formalizing the week-0 event schedule and getting key volunteers to those week-0 events to start calling stuff and getting experience.