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Monday, October 31, 2011

Rule 2: Officials and Their Duties

Section 1:  Game and Table Officials

Game Officials shall be a referee and an umpire or a referee and two umpires

The scorer and timer are also part of the officiating crew and will be located at the scorer and timer's table.  It is recommended that the official scorer and timer be seated next to each other.

Section 2:  Officials Jurisdiction

Officials shall make decisions for infractions of the rules committed within or outside the boundary lines
Replay monitor is permitted in championship games to determine if a try for goal at the expiration of time in the fourth quarter or overtime period

The officials jurisdiction prior to the game, begins when they arrive on the FLOOR.  The officials arrival on the floor shall be AT LEAST 15 MINUTES before the scheduled starting time of the game.

The jurisdiction extends through periods when the game may be momentarily stopped for any reason (half-time, extended injury timeout, ect)

The jurisdiction is terminated and the final score has been approved when ALL officials leave the visual confines of the playing area.

The referee shall make decisions on any points not specifically covered in the rule.  NOT the U1 or the U2 have this authorization.

Referee Pre-game Duties:

* Designate the official timepiece, scorebook and the Offical timeer and Scorer
* Be responsible for having teach Team notified (3) minutes before each half to begin
* Verify with the head coach, prior to each contest, that his/her team member's uniforms and equipment are legal and will be worn properly.
* Designate the official to TOSS the ball for jump-ball situations
* Administer the AP throw-in to start the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters
* Decide whether a goal shall count if the officials disagree
* May declare the game a forfeit when CONDITIONS warrant
* Decide matters upon which the timer and scorer disagree and correct obvious timing errors
* Confer with the official scorer at halftime to determine the AP arrow is pointed in the proper direction to begin play in the third quarter
* Check and approve the score at the end of each half

Section 6 Officials' Authority
NO official has the authority to set aside or question decisions made by the other official(s) within the limits of their respective outlined duties

Be sure to read the Officials' General Duties and additional duties in Sections 7 and 8

Correctable Errors
(Note:  Even though there are only 5 correctable errors to remember, there are many officials who can not name them, so I came up with a method to help my fellow officials in my district during meeting one night, this is how I did it) 

You have to first understand that Sumter is the home of Shaw Air Force Base and everyone knows about the jets that fly over Sumter daily.  What I did was make up a fictitious story of an young Air Force pilot smuggled a monkey from overseas to keep as a pet.  Now, image being in our meeting and while you are listening to this story my over head project pops up the Air Force symbol that everyone can recognize.  As I'm explaining the monkey story, I got some people laughing.  Next, a image of a monkey with his finger in his mouth gets everybody laughing.  Then, after I changed the tone of the story to a more serious note that the monkey had gotten away and was loose on the base flight line and that it had bit and injured several people who was trying to capture it.  Imagine the tone of the audience at that time.  Then, in the middle of the screen, a image of a monkey dressed in pilots gear sitting in a cockpit with his hair raised on its head gets everybody bursting out laughing.  While they are laughing, the abbreviation "AF APE" is flashing over top of the image.  Then I ask them what do they think the symbol's meant, no one could put it together, then I added words behind each letter such as this:  AF APE

A - Awarding an unmerited free throw
F-  Failure to award a merit free throw

A- Allowing a team to attempt a free throw at the wrong basket
P - Permitting the wrong player to attempt a free throw
E-  Erroneously counting and canceling a score

Hopefully this will help you remember them and I implore you to read your case book for more in depth examples of correctable errors.

Be sure to read Scorers and Timer's duties on Sections 11 and 12 of the rule book


Section 13 Timer's equipment
If the red/LED light fails to illuminate and the timer's signal fails to sound, or is not recognized by the officials, the timer shall go onto the court or use other means to immediately notify the nearest official. 
* If table officials agree that time expired before the ball was in flight, the goal shall not count
* If table officials agree that the quarter or extra period ended, before the foul occurred, the foul shall be disregarded, unless it was intentional or flagrant
* If table officials disagree, the goal shall count and/or the foul shall be penalized, unless the referee has knowledge which alters such ruling

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