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As a Referee - Creating Availability Blackouts

This article will explain how to create a blackout as a referee. These blackouts can be for a single date and timeframe or a recurring schedule. The referee would not be able to be assigned during the timeframe of the blackout.

Instructions:

Step 1:

  • From your user profile, select "Referee" then "Referee Availability".

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Step 2:

  • Click the button for New Blackout.

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Step 3:

  • Fill out the corresponding pop-up. Please start with the beginning date and adjust the end date if necessary. Select a beginning and ending time to create a time block. If it is all day, check the All Day checkbox.  Required fields are highlighted with a red outline. If there is no recurring date, select none under Recur Date. Click save.


  

 

Note - You must select a "Recurring Every" option or you will receive an error, and not be able to continue.

None: The blackouts will be set between the "Begin date" and “End date” timeframe.

Day: “Begin Date" and "End Date" must be the same if using the day option. Blackouts will display every day up to the “Recur until” date.

Week: If a “Begin Date” and “End Date" range is set with “Week” set, that specific day of the week (EG: Monday) will be set as a blackout date between the Begin and End date.

Month: “Begin Date" and "End Date" must be the same. This will blackout a specific date of the calendar( EG: every 23rd of the month) until the “recur until” date.

You may also create recurring blocks by selecting the recurring option and entering a Recur Until date.  For example, if you are unavailable every Sunday until 12 for the Spring Season: Your block would be created for the first Sunday in the Begin and End dates, with begin time of 00:00 and end time of 12:00 then select "Week" in the recurring options followed by the end date of May 31.  Individual blocks will be created for every Sunday from your Begin Date.