In Maine, our season starts with scrimmage games on Monday, 8/22. We send 7-9 officials to each site and rotate with objective suggestions and the such. On Friday 8/26 the schools all play exhibition games. The difference between scrimmage games & exhibition games :
(1) Scrimmages may involve more than two teams;
(2) coaches roam the field on scrimmages & roam the sidelines on exib.
(4) we get paid for exhibitions
The real season starts on Labor Day weekend and with state championships on the weekend before Thanksgiving. This includes 2 rounds of playoffs. Once the season ends, our activities may include:
(1) Cheering on the Patriots for another Super Bowl;
(2) cheering on the Allouettes for another Gray Cup;
(3) Continue celebrating the Red Sox World Series victory;
(4) rev up our snowmobile engines;
(5) sharpening ice auger blades (used for drilling hole in ice for fishing);
(6) just drinking PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon -man beer) and watching it snow.