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.
All NYMISOA members are encouraged to vote for the four referee awards and three coach sportsmanship awards. Please download the ballot and follow the instructions indicated on it. The winners will be honored at the NYMISOA Annual Dinner on November 14, 2011.
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 »
