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USSF REF
07 Jul 2006, 04:35 PM
Rule 1 section 9 (1-9) re: Goal Line Width. -- Add the following: (Old text, New text The goal posts, which have been superimposed on goal lines of the same width and depth shall consist of 2 wooden or metal posts (etc.)...
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1-17 Lighting specifications. -- The field should be uniformly and adequately lighted. Lighting engineers should be places in charge of this important factor when planning new installations. For information onrecommended specifications for lighting, contact the ... etc.
... According to the NCAA Broadcasting Manual, the target light of NCAA championships for Television broadcasting should be a range of 125 to 150 maintained vertical foot candles. The minimum level should read 125-foot candles.
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3-5 Re-enetry rights clarified. --
A.R.27. A Goalkeeper is replaced by a substitute, remains on the field as a player and later is replaced by a substitute. During the same period the coach instructs in original goalkeeper to substitute for the current goalkeeper. RULING: Illegal. Once the orignial goalkeeper changes positions the rule for that position (e.g. midfielder) applies. A player who has not yet entered the game may substitute (i.e. one reentry) for the goalkeeper as per rule 3-5-a.
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3-6 Clock stops during last 5 minutes.
In addition, during the final five minutes of the second period ONLY, if the leading team makes a substitution, the referee shall signal the clock to be stopped and beckon the substitute on to the field.
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4-1-b Player Shinguards.
Begining with the 2007 season, the NCAA will require the players to wear shinguards that meet the standards established by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE). (Visit www.nocase.orgfor more information.)

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4-2-b Goalkeeper sock color.
Goalkeepers shall wear jerseys that distinguish them from all field [players and socks that distinguish them from their opponents.
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5-3-c Rules of conduct may not be altered.
The rules of conduct, including game times, substitutions, and overtime procedures, shall not be altered by the referee or by mutual consent of the institutions.
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6-4 ARs sign score sheet.
In addition, the official score keeper shall obtain the signatures of the referee and assistant referees on the official NCAA box score form or an 8.5''x11'' computer generated scoresheet with complete game information after the game is completed, thus verifyingcards issued, ejection reports and the official score of the game.
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6-4 Scorekeeper duties clarified.
Also, it is the responsibility of the scorekeeper to inform the player if he/she is not eligible to re-enter the game. Further, it is the scorekeepers' responsibility to notify the referee when an illegal substitution has been made.
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7-1-b-7 Goalkeeper injury renetry clarified (in a PK tiebreaker).
Once th goalkeeper is designated, he or she shall not be replaced unless injured or ejected and his replacement may be from any of the eligible players listed on the official NCAA game roster for that game. Injuries leading to replacement of the designated goalkeeper must be determined by the arrnding physician and/or a certified trainer in concert with the governing sports authority (see page 8) However, the injured goalkeeper is eligible to return if physically able.
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11-1 Offisde position.
b. The player is not nearer to the opponent's goal line than at least two opponents. Note: The position of any part of the player's head, body, or feet will be the deciding factor, not the player's arms.
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12-17 Referee Assault Language added.
Physical contact with game officials (or any threat of physical intimidation or harm, including pushing, shoving, spitting, kicking, throwing at or attempting to make physical contact) will not be tolerated. Any player(s), coach, bench personnel, committing assault on a referee shall be ejected from the game and is required to sit out at least the following 3 games, including postseason games. A player(s), coach or bench personnel involved in a second assault on a referee in the same season shall be ejected from the game and shall not compete for the remainder of the season, including postseason games. Game suspensions for assault on a referee are additional to suspensions ordered for red card accumlations.

Thats all the new stuff.

usatowin
07 Jul 2006, 05:38 PM
Only 3 games for assault? That's a bigger joke than the pro leagues.

gosellit
07 Jul 2006, 05:44 PM
USSF Ref,
Thanks.
I can't wait to see that always entertaining video.

ref2coach
07 Jul 2006, 06:07 PM
NOCASE Shinguards. I know it is still 1 year away but are we going to be required to see a "nocase label"? I am sure we will be able to create pre-game good will if they are silly enough to require us to check for strict compliance.

USSF REF
07 Jul 2006, 06:56 PM
Only 3 games for assault? That's a bigger joke than the pro leagues.

My hope is that is a minimum sanction and a greater penalty will most likely be imposed by the competition authority. Where 3 games would be for the least serious of assault offenses, like tugging on the shirt or something. Anything violent or more serious serious should be met with a very harsh punishment that would be 1 offense is a year suspension from practice and games from the date of the offense.

Frankly, I think this is a joke too - the minimum sanction should be a year for all cases of assault anyway.

USSF REF
07 Jul 2006, 06:59 PM
The URL I provided above is wrong it should be:

www.nocsae.org

usatowin
07 Jul 2006, 07:06 PM
NOCASE Shinguards. I know it is still 1 year away but are we going to be required to see a "nocase label"? I am sure we will be able to create pre-game good will if they are silly enough to require us to check for strict compliance.

HS procedure: Coaches have to check. All the ref does is inquire of each head coach whether each of his/her players is properly equipped. This was somewhere on the NFHS web site.

My bet on NCAA is they leave it up to the schools to enforce and don't do anything more than what will prevent a lawsuit. They'll probably leave the refs out of the foolishness.

What scares me is some of the state youth associations. Someone fearing a lawsuit will mandate the refs pull down all the players' socks before the game and then at each water break in 30 degree weather they'll have to check and make sure no one switched. My only other question is will they require the same sticker on the helmets and mouth guards?

USSF REF
07 Jul 2006, 07:09 PM
USSF Ref,
Thanks.
I can't wait to see that always entertaining video.
:D

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Seriously, the guy on the video LOVES his voice.

MassachusettsRef
07 Jul 2006, 07:09 PM
My hope is that is a minimum sanction and a greater penalty will most likely be imposed by the competition authority. Where 3 games would be for the least serious of assault offenses, like tugging on the shirt or something. Anything violent or more serious serious should be met with a very harsh punishment that would be 1 offense is a year suspension from practice and games from the date of the offense.

Frankly, I think this is a joke too - the minimum sanction should be a year for all cases of assault anyway.Eh, I think you answer the question--hopefully--in your first thought.

If a player tugs on a referees' jersey, he gets sent off, is a year banishment (and, probably, lost scholarship) appropriate punishment? Four games (3 + 1 standard for red, as I read the rule) seems harsh enough, when some VC can warrant 3 games.

Now, if there's real tangible assault, or an attempted assault (missed swing), I would think 8 games or so would be the real minimum.

USSF REF
07 Jul 2006, 07:16 PM
Eh, I think you answer the question--hopefully--in your first thought.

If a player tugs on a referees' jersey, he gets sent off, is a year banishment (and, probably, lost scholarship) appropriate punishment? Four games (3 + 1 standard for red, as I read the rule) seems harsh enough, when some VC can warrant 3 games.

Now, if there's real tangible assault, or an attempted assault (missed swing), I would think 8 games or so would be the real minimum.

I totally see your point. The punishment should fit the crime philosophy here. I could deal with that, but...

I would just like to create an environment where there is an absolute 0 tolerance policy on ANY physical contact with referees. I feel if the players know any touch on a ref gets you benched for a full year and you lose 1/4 of your effective eligability, then they will be a lot less likely to do it.

In real life I am against mandatory minimum sentences for things like drug sales and such. BUT that is because drug use if fueled by addiction and a demand from certain people. To some degree that is a victimless crime (not every single case, just a good number of them -- but that is not for this chat board.)
No one gets addicted to referee assault and I don't see the harm in really throwing the book at someone who assaults a referee in any way.

david58
07 Jul 2006, 11:58 PM
I totally see your point. The punishment should fit the crime philosophy here. I could deal with that, but...

I would just like to create an environment where there is an absolute 0 tolerance policy on ANY physical contact with referees. I feel if the players know any touch on a ref gets you benched for a full year and you lose 1/4 of your effective eligability, then they will be a lot less likely to do it.

In real life I am against mandatory minimum sentences for things like drug sales and such. BUT that is because drug use if fueled by addiction and a demand from certain people. To some degree that is a victimless crime (not every single case, just a good number of them -- but that is not for this chat board.)
No one gets addicted to referee assault and I don't see the harm in really throwing the book at someone who assaults a referee in any way.

I would submit that zero tolerance is unacceptable and completely unfair.

What about the player that comes to you and puts his hand on your arm to get your attention to ask a question in a loud stadium? He can do that completely respectfully, and in your example get a one year suspension, effectively an athletic death sentence if he also cannot practice.

The punishment should fit the crime. We DO need a culture that players don't put their hands on refs, but there is putting their hands on and there is assault. I have been in games where each has happened - the innocuous touch is no problem, the assault should be dealt with firmly.

But zero tolerance with harsh penalty simply is draconian.

usatowin
08 Jul 2006, 12:15 AM
What about the player that comes to you and puts his hand on your arm to get your attention to ask a question in a loud stadium?

Why can't he just walk in front of you instead of coming from behind?

He can do that completely respectfully,

Only by not touching the official.

USSF REF
08 Jul 2006, 05:30 AM
I would submit that zero tolerance is unacceptable and completely unfair.

What about the player that comes to you and puts his hand on your arm to get your attention to ask a question in a loud stadium? He can do that completely respectfully, and in your example get a one year suspension, effectively an athletic death sentence if he also cannot practice.

The punishment should fit the crime. We DO need a culture that players don't put their hands on refs, but there is putting their hands on and there is assault. I have been in games where each has happened - the innocuous touch is no problem, the assault should be dealt with firmly.

But zero tolerance with harsh penalty simply is draconian.

OK my bit about any physical contact being prohibited was taken literally. The contact has got to actually be an assault not just ANY touching...

But I would venture to say that no touching is ever needed and 95% of touching would be some grade of assault.

We're talking about Referee ASSAULT after all! Not just being friendly and touchy feeley. A person (referee) with ANY common sense will know if there is malice and aggression in the way the player is approaching them and can interpert a threat or danger from a players actions.

You would only want to punish referee assaults. At which point the 0 tolerance would kick in. Not just a guy (or girl) who might think you're cute and wants to make you feel better about them dissenting with you. ;)

usatowin
08 Jul 2006, 10:09 AM
OK my bit about any physical contact being prohibited was taken literally. The contact has got to actually be an assault not just ANY touching...

Is it just a myth that laying one finger on a baseball ump gets you tossed? And I can't think of one instance in any other sport where touching an official is ever seen or accepted.

david58
08 Jul 2006, 10:31 AM
OK my bit about any physical contact being prohibited was taken literally. The contact has got to actually be an assault not just ANY touching...

But I would venture to say that no touching is ever needed and 95% of touching would be some grade of assault.

We're talking about Referee ASSAULT after all! Not just being friendly and touchy feeley. A person (referee) with ANY common sense will know if there is malice and aggression in the way the player is approaching them and can interpert a threat or danger from a players actions.

You would only want to punish referee assaults. At which point the 0 tolerance would kick in. Not just a guy (or girl) who might think you're cute and wants to make you feel better about them dissenting with you. ;)

I know, I know, and I agree. But when we see an official zero tolerance policy, then we have kids being sent off for helping a ref up off the ground. Sounds absurd? Well, tell the kid that was expelled from a local school in this small burg for having nail clippers at school.

Just out of curiosity, is ref assault at sanctioned events (hs, ncaa, etc) very common? I was threatened with a beating at an AYSO match (yes, AYSO), and was involved in one melee where my partner's hand was repeatedly slapped as he tried to get his card out of his wallet. But that is the extent of it for me - am I lucky, or what? And I wonder about personal experience, not what was on CNN.

usatowin
08 Jul 2006, 11:28 AM
Just out of curiosity, is ref assault at sanctioned events (hs, ncaa, etc) very common? I was threatened with a beating at an AYSO match (yes, AYSO), and was involved in one melee where my partner's hand was repeatedly slapped as he tried to get his card out of his wallet. But that is the extent of it for me - am I lucky, or what? And I wonder about personal experience, not what was on CNN.

I wouldn't call it common, but would say it occurs far too frequently. That it happened in AYSO is a growing trend. For years, it was the amateur leagues where we saw the problems, but many have adapted very hardline policies which have all but eliminated ref abuse. Now it's creeping into the youth leagues, partially due to lesser penalties, but also because we don't take the chance to stop it early. At what other levels do we permit a coach to stand up screaming on the touchline the entire game, getting himself worked up, and raising the chance he does something more? Same with spectators. If we go into the players in the 13-18 year old set, changing attitudes, and societal pressures, we'd fill up the servers.