The NISOA Executive Council held a scheduled meeting in Kansas City, Missouri from January 12, 2012 through January 14, 2012. The following issues were discussed/approved:
- Lime green was approved as another alternate shirt color.
- Major changes to the NISOA National Referee program were approved including:
- Eliminating the current two year cycle for recertification and new applicants. Recertification and new applicants will be processed annually.
- Modifications to the annual assessment requirements for National Referees.
- Single day recertification/certification clinics will be located throughout the country, hosted by select local chapters.
- National Referees and National Referee Applicants will take the fitness test with their local chapter and not at the recertification clinic.
- Elimination of the National Referee Candidate category. Upon approved application, successful attendance at the clinic and attaining the minimum acceptable average score on the fitness test, the applicant will become a National Referee.
- A revised application form was posted with lower application fees.
- Renewal dues will not increase for the 2013 season.
Complete and detailed information regarding the National Referee Program changes will be posted on the NISOA web site in the upcoming weeks.
Dennis Botsaris
Long time New York Metro ISOA Executive Board member and First Vice President, Dennis Botsaris has passed away after a long fight with cancer. Dennis served our chapter as a recruiter from the New York Soccer Referee Association as well as our resident meeting hospitality manager. Dennis was also a long time assignor for the various senior amateur soccer leagues in the New York metropolitan area.
Final arrangements for Dennis are as follows:
Frederick Funeral Home (718) 357-6100
192-15 Northern Blvd.
Flushing NY 11358
Hours are Sunday (November 13, 2011): 2-5pm and 7-9pm and Monday (November 14, 2011) 2-5pm and 7-9pm.
Our chapter extends deepest sympathies to Dennis' family. He will be missed. The family requests that any donations should be made to the Lustgarden Foundation in Dennis' name.
ECAC's policy for canceled games is to reassign the affected officials with another game. If, at the end of the season, there are ECAC assigned games which had been cancelled and not filled with other ECAC games, there could be a credit carry forward to the following season for the fees associated with those games. At the end of the season, each official who had a significant number of games canceled should request a credit through Steve Rossetti at ECAC. Steve's decision regarding any credit is final.
Since officials don't pay an assigning fee on games assigned after the August 15 deadline, we anticipate only officials who had several games canceled after they paid their assigning fee will receive a credit on their fee for the following year.
NCAA Soccer Rule 12.6.1.1 states that, "A player, coach or bench personnel shall be ejected if he or she is guilty of fighting or leaves the coaching area to participate in an altercation." Also be aware that Rule 12.6.1.2 states, "A coach or team representative may leave the coaching area during an altercation, providing it is an attempt to restore order."
In the case where the entire team leaves the coaching area to participate in an altercation, each team member should be shown a red card and ejected for fighting except where Rule 12.6.1.2 allows.
Please make sure you follow all required reporting requirements in case of an ejection. Minimum requirements are:
- Prepare and file the Supplemental Ejection Report for all NCAA (not junior college) ejections. One report per ejection.
- If the game is assigned by ECAC, fill out their online ejection report.
- If the ejection is for fighting, fill out this form at nymisoa.com to notify the NISOA Region II (New York State) representative of the ejection.
Other conferences and conference assignors will have additional ejection reporting requirements. Make sure you are aware of all applicable ejection reporting requirements.
September 16th, 2011
1:24 pm
General
The athletic department at Medgar Evers College advised us that they have canceled all matches on their 2011 women's soccer schedule.
Jack Sweeney, the Region XV assignor, sent us the following memo describing the rules differences for NJCAA games. Please note that the NJCAA has not modified their procedures since the 2009 season. A printer-friendly version of the rules differences memo is available here for download. Read the rest of this article »
