Transcript 2015 MHSAA Officials Summer Meeting Schedule & Logistics • Session I- 5:00-6:30 • Dinner- 6:30-7:15 • Session II- 7:15-9:00 • Restrooms & Facility Questions.

2015 MHSAA Officials Summer Meeting
Schedule & Logistics
• Session I- 5:00-6:30
• Dinner- 6:30-7:15
• Session II- 7:15-9:00
• Restrooms & Facility Questions
Officials Department
Mark Uyl, MHSAA Assistant Director
[email protected]
Faye Verellen, MHSAA Officials Program
[email protected]
Laura Roberts, Officials Registrar
[email protected]
Concussions
• No changes to MHSAA concussion protocols for
2015-16.
• Officials again have NO ROLE in diagnosis of a
possible concussion.
• The school designated health care provider (doctor,
trainer, coach) makes the determination whether or
not a possible concussion has occurred.
• Simply put, instruct your members to follow the
protocols!
Ejections & Disqualifications
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Officials Report form must be completed online
whenever a coach or player is ejected from a contest as
soon as possible (next day ideal).
From time to time, officials are ejecting coaches or
players but make the statement that “I won’t write it up”
as if that somehow removes the next day of competition
penalty.
Know that the school must enforce the penalty whether
or not a report is filed. Officials need to complete the
report as required, and the ejection penalty cannot be
modified after it has taken place.
MHSAA Insurance Coverage for Officials
When working MHSAA contests as a registered official, the
MHSAA provides two types of insurance:
• $1,000,000 in Liability Coverage (if an official is sued by a
game participant, parent, etc). $0 Deductible!
• $500,000 in Catastrophic Accident Medical Coverage- this
coverage is designed to provide a safety net should an official
suffer a serious, catastrophic type injury while officiating. The
$25,000 deductible is paid by the official’s primary insurance.
This MHSAA coverage is only in place when working a contest
involving at least one MHSAA member school team.
NASO
• Individual membership…benefits?
• Group membership…benefits?
• Association Advantage Program
–What does the MHSAA provide?
–What are additional features our
association can purchase?
Recruiting NEW Officials
• In each folder, you received ONE free
registration form for ANY new official
(never before registered).
• Each school receives TWO free
registration forms for graduating
senior students.
• We need to continue recruiting!
MHSAA & Arbiter
• Arbiter One…plans for 15-16.
• Arbiter Pay…1099 issues.
• Remember that the MHSAA continues to
pay the fee for each registered official’s
Arbiter access to local associations
and/or registered assigners Arbiter
accounts for regular season assigning.
• Arbiter Game…plans for 15-16.
Social Media Policy
1. Consider social media communications as public at all times —
even if created with private intentions. If you are going to use
social media in any form, consider your communication may be
read by anyone at anytime.
2. You represent the officiating industry, the MHSAA, your
associations, your assigners and your partners. Act accordingly.
3. Promote officiating in a positive light and with a general feeling of
pride and professionalism. You are an ambassador for officiating.
4. You have a unique access to information. The same ethical
restrictions that apply to any form of public speech also apply to
social media. It is inappropriate to communicate specifics about
your assignments, other officials, conferences/schools, coaches,
players or any related personnel.
Social Media Policy
5. Do not engage in specific play and or ruling evaluation/ commentary,
whether it be of a game you worked, one that you witnessed or in
general about the impact of officials in any sporting event.
6. Communications among officials for learning purposes should be
done privately and not through the use of social media. Be mindful
that email and other forms of direct communication can be made
public.
7. Be very sparing in the sharing of your personal information, including
photos. Adjust security settings accordingly. Report fake profiles or
posts to the appropriate authorities/governing bodies in a timely
fashion.
The bottom line is that common sense must be your guide. Remember
that silence can never be misquoted.
Professional Expectations
• Always wear the prescribed high school officiating
uniform…clean, pressed, properly fitting and includes
the MHSAA patch.
• Officials often get in trouble not for what we call but
for what we say. Think before you speak in
emotional situations!
• Enforce the rules as written…do not pick and choose
which rules will be followed and enforced!
Regular Season Pay Survey & Tournament
Fees
• Copy of most recent regular
season pay survey is in your
packet.
• Next increase in tournament fees
is set for 16-17.
Ratings
• Rating summary by sport and zone is
included in your packet.
• Rating directions for schools and
coaches is also included.
Video Training
• Example of new clip for fall
sports.
• Volleyball training video.
Schools- Hosting Officials
• Updated publication is in your
folders.
• Initiatives to schools regarding
officials…
Assigning Games
• Officials are independent
contractors….we choose who we
use!
• Procedures for assigning games.
• Things to always avoid!
Leadership for Leaders
Michigan Assault Legislation Issue
• A summary…..
Three Pillars of Leadership
• Have a true passion for what you do.
• Find the right people and get them in
the right spots.
• Integrity.
Regulation II, Section 7 C
• High schools and others which sponsor competition
for member high school teams, and utilize and pay
for services of a third-party, non school assigner for
high school officiating contests, shall use only those
assigners who are registered with the MHSAA for
the current year.
• In other words, if a person is assigning HS games
and receives compensation to do so, that assigner
must be a MHSAA Registered Assigner each year.
Standards for Registered Assigners
• In addition to registration and meeting
completion, there are ten defined standards
that must be followed by a Registered
Assigner. Many of these standards have been
long-standing policy of the MHSAA.
• Here are the 10 standards.
Standards for Registered Assigners
1. Registered Assigners shall be paid by:
a. a league or conference or school, or
b. the members of an approved association who
elect or hire an individual to assign for them.
Turn-back fees, paid to an assigner by an official, do
not violate this concept. The MHSAA also allows an
assigner to be reimbursed for expenses by the
association.
Standards for Registered Assigners
2. Registered Assigners shall not collect
fees for service from a school, league or
conference and an individual official or an
officials association.
Standards for Registered Assigners
3. Registered Assigners shall not require an
official to be a member of a specific officials or
sport association in order to be assigned games
under the control of the assigner. Membership
in any Approved Local Association is an
acceptable requirement.
Standards for Registered Assigners
4. Registered Assigners shall not require an
official to pay a fee to participate in a
“specific” camp, clinic or training activity in
order to be evaluated and considered for
assignments under the control of any
assigner. Involvements in free events, for
the same reason, are permitted.
Standards for Registered Assigners
5. When schools secure the services of a
Registered Assigner to arrange or contract
officials for their contests, contracting of
those officials ultimately remains the
responsibility of the school even though a
school or league/conference authorized
the assigner to issue an Arbiter agreement
or contract.
Standards for Registered Assigners
6. Registered Assigners must allow schools to
contact and contract officials on their own and
shall not intimidate or discourage officials from
accepting games directly from schools at any
time, either alone or in combination with games
received from an assigner. MHSAA staff shall
revoke the registration of the assigner if it is
believed that such unprofessional conduct
occurred.
Standards for Registered Assigners
7. Registered Assigners shall not intimidate or
discourage officials from accepting games or
assignments from other assigners, schools or
leagues at any time. Any Registered Assigner
engaging in this type of threatening or
intimidating behavior, either directly or
indirectly, will risk MHSAA staff revoking the
registration of the assigner if it is believed that
such unprofessional conduct occurred.
Standards for Registered Assigners
8. Contracts extended by a Registered Assigner
may not be withdrawn or reassigned to another
official, except in cases of personal emergency
which will not permit an official to officiate any
contest on the contest day once that sport
season has begun, as prescribed by MHSAA
Regulation II, Section 11(D).
Standards for Registered Assigners
9. In the event a Registered Assigner, school,
league or conference does not utilize the
MHSAA contract (paper or online Arbiter or
other online agreement) for officials, all
comments, actual and implied, and all terms and
conditions which appear on the published
MHSAA contract, shall be acknowledged and will
be applicable to any MHSAA registered official.
Standards for Registered Assigners
10. Assigners may not accept funds
earmarked for officials game fees from a
school, conference, league or facility and
then pay officials directly for games
worked. Payment to officials for contests
worked shall come directly from the school
or through the school via a third-party
electronic payment service.
Assigners MUST be Registered
• It is required that MHSAA Registered Assigners follow
all published “Standards for Registered Assigners.”
Any violation of these standards will place the
Registered Assigner at risk of losing his or her
registered status after review by MHSAA staff, as
outlined in the Disciplinary Procedures for MHSAA
Officials and Registered Assigners on pages 4-5 of the
MHSAA Officials Guidebook.
Important Dates & Recommendations
• Tournament Procedures
• Fall- September 1
• Winter- December 1
• Spring- April 1