Soccer Integrity

The other day I was refereeing a couple of high level youth soccer matches. The league requires that referees be paid in cash before the match. This is kind of neat as opposed to waiting for a check. I was working with another adult and a younger referee after being paid for the second match. I made the comment that I like being paid on site like this and the other adult said that he didn't, he felt: "it looks bad." I said that I understand that, I meant getting the cash on site is nice. He agreed with that because he: "doesn't want Uncle Sam knowing about the cash." I responded that I report everything since it is easier that way. I have found that this attitude is prevalent among the people charged with have integrity on the soccer pitch. If they get cash they don't have to report it. This bothers me. Why not just pay what you owe? Not any more and not any less. it's just a lot easier that way...