Powered by Bluebridge events
A tour of what changes when your event runs payments through Bluebridge — default pay per role, fee modes, the mark-completed workflow, and what officials see.
A powered by Bluebridge event is any event you've configured so that Bluebridge runs the structured payment pipeline. The event page picks up the powered by Bluebridge badge for officials, and the assignor view gains a Mark match completed affordance plus an editable payment request once a match is closed out. This article walks through the moving parts at a glance; each one has a dedicated deep-dive linked at the end.
The three new event-level fields
When you create or edit an event, the Compensation section now carries three structured controls on top of the existing free-text pay policy:
- Default head referee pay — the dollar amount that pre-fills the head referee row in the Mark match completed dialog. Optional.
- Default official pay — the dollar amount that pre-fills every non-head-referee row. Optional.
- Bluebridge fee mode — Post-fee (default), Pre-fee, or No Bluebridge fee. Plus a fee percentage, which defaults to 3%.
All three live in both the full-page event edit form and the inline settings sheet on the event page. Tournament and college events both get the same controls.
The Mark match completed workflow at a glance
Once at least one official is accepted on a date, an emerald Mark match completed button appears on the assignor roster (full-width on mobile, a compact outline pill on desktop). Clicking it opens a dialog seeded with each accepted official, their role badge, and the default pay you set above. You confirm or override per-row dollars, confirm the platform fee, optionally add notes, and submit — which creates a payment request that Bluebridge admins then process.
Marking a match completed walks through the dialog field-by-field. While the payment request is still Open (admin hasn't started processing), you can edit it or undo it from the event page; see Editing or undoing a payment request.
Tournaments vs college events
Tournaments are closed out once at the event level — one payment request covers every official across every day. College seasons are closed out match-by-match — each match generates its own payment request. See Tournament vs college completion for why and what it looks like in the UI.
What officials see and have to do
Officials see the powered by Bluebridge badge on the event page; that's their cue that pay comes through Bluebridge rather than from you directly. For Bluebridge to actually deposit funds to an ACH method, the official also needs to have checked the Authorize Bluebridge to deposit payments to this account box on that ACH method. Officials who haven't opted in will need to coordinate an alternative channel for that match's payout.
Where to go next
- Bluebridge fee modes — the exact math for each of the three modes, worked out with a concrete example.
- Marking a match completed — step-by-step of the dialog, what defaults seed from, what the payor-pays banner shows.
- Editing or undoing a payment request — the Edit and Undo affordances, the "still Open" guard, and what cancel does.
- Tournament vs college completion — why tournaments close out once and college seasons close out per match.