Monday, February 8, 2010 | Issue 82
Remarks from the Supervisor of Officials: Donnee L. Gray
We are in the second half of the season, please remember it is our mission to provide the highest quality officiating services for member institutions by enhancing levels of communication and appraisal/evaluation systems. MACBOA strives to place the best on staff and encourages each official to take care of each game, take care of administrative matters, and be good partners. With that is mind, here are some areas to review and act on.
Mechanics: We are, and have always used, NCAA mechanics. If you wish to use high school mechanics or home made mechanics, do it someplace else. Mechanics include switches, violations, fouls, reporting to the table, and so forth.
Please remember three things when double-whistles occur: (1) remember whose primary area the play is in first; (2) find the other whistle (the person who is blowing the other whistle); and (3) a combination of numbers 1 and 2 should slow you down enough that you do not fall into two different scenarios.
When a foul is called and free throws are involved, it is with the utmost importance that you communicate with the lead official (1) the correct player who is shooting and (2) the correct number of shots. Do not assume that the lead official knows who the shooter is or the number of shots to be taken. Officials should not put the ball in play until all officials are ready to resume play. This includes resumption of play during throw-in situations, the substitution process and free throw situations.
Officials: Please assure that your personal contact information is accurate in ArbiterSports.com. During our pre-season clinic, staff were instructed to upload the jpeg pictures onto ArbiterSports.com. Several officials have not complied. The MACBOA office cannot upload staff pictures onto ArbiterSports.com because the site is password protection. Once you sign into ArbiterSports.com, click “Profile,” “Information,” and “Picture” to upload your .jpg picture. Staff that have not complied with this request by February 17, 2010 will be fined.
Please have a copy of the MACBOA College and Travel Directory with you. Access the information at http://www.macboa.org/about/directory.html.
Assignments: We have had a number of turn backs as a result of higher divisional assignments. As stated at the Clinic, please call the MACBOA (301-283-6807) or Willie Jones (202-543-7049). Assignments are being done via The Arbiter.net. Please be sure to check daily; game assignments will be posted for 48-hours only and then reassigned.
We have had incidents in games of which I have not been made aware. Technical fouls and any unsual games situations are to be called into me (301-775-4088). If I do not personally answer, please leave the information on my cell phone.
Pre-game, post-game, table personnel: It is mandatory that each crew conduct a pre-game and post-game conference with their crew, and the table personnel. Observers, please make sure this is being done.
Crew Chief Game Evaluations: Please submit online game reports through the ArbiterSports.com (“Evaluate Officials”) system in a timely manner.
Coaches: We need your assistance. If you are the home team, please have your table personnel at the game at least 30 minutes prior to the scheduled game time. It is difficult when the table personnel arrive five minutes before a game, make mistakes, and then the officials are blamed for the errors.
Points of Emphasis: The following points of emphasis apply to both men and women. There is no place in the basketball game or the rulebook that allows for rough play. This includes post play, with and without the ball; screens; picks; off ball play; body bumping; and, hand-checking. Call it at the beginning and throughout the game so that at the end of the game the call is not surprising to the coaches and players. Those who allow rough play to go on throughout the game have no chance of receiving post-season assignments.
Please see the whole play through until the end before you blow your whistle. There are some good block shots and great steals in the junior college game.
Please referee your primary area remembering that you also have a secondary responsibility in a basketball game.
Taunting and baiting: Remember to TCB ("take care of business").
Flagrant, intentional and end-of-game fouls. Once again, please see the entire play through (let the play begin, develop, and end) prior to blowing your whistle. We do not want to over penalize a player because we did not see the play through. Please review end of game fouls such as intentional versus strategic fouls. A strategic foul could be made by a defender to stop the clock and this is not an intentional foul.
Thank you for your part in making MACBOA a success.
Donnee L. Gray
Supervisor of Officials
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