Referee Magazine – June 2020 Preview
Features
Special Report: High School Game Fees. An in-depth look at varsity game fees from across the country.
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Marietta’s Corey Rockwell will be ready when MLS resumes
(5/10) Thanks to grit and technology, whenever the league restarts from its COVID-19 forced hiatus, Rockwell has his flag and whistle on hand...
Baseball League to Have 40 Teams: Games Scheduled to Start as Soon as May...
(5/10) Organizer Kent Getsee has been able to pull together many organizations which normally play American Legion baseball, but were stranded when the...
Youth baseball returns to area after coronavirus shutdown
(5/10) GameTime Tournaments planned a socially distanced, Mother's Day weekend tournament. The attendance is down from the normal 180 teams to roughly 40....
Joya puts humanity over refereeing
(5/10) Bangladesh’s first FIFA recognised female international referee Joya Chakma on Sunday claimed that she was not disappointed about missing her chance to...
Judge blocks city from shutting down softball games at Houston Sportsplex
(5/9) Before opening on Friday, May 1 Houston Sportsplex set stringent rules in place amid COVID-19 concerns.
NCAA’s Mark Emmert says fall sports likely a no-go if campuses aren’t open
(5/8) NCAA president Mark Emmert said he does not envision schools being ready to begin competing in college football or other fall sports...
Q&A with Rob Wigod: How the CIF and the Southern Section are planning for...
(5/8) Earlier this week, CIF Southern Section commissioner Rob Wigod spoke with Scorebook Live about contingency plans for high school sports in 2020-2021,...
Lockdown rough on referees too, says Oliver Langford
(5/8) We have done a lot on what players have been doing during this pandemic - but what have referees been getting up...
With no games to call, officials feel the squeeze
(5/7) No fastballs popping catcher’s mitts. No spikes slamming into the floor. No sidearm blasts finding the back of the lacrosse net. In...
State By State Independent Contractor Unemployment Resources
State by state, the impact of the recent CARES Act will affect sports officials differently. It is our ultimate goal to provide you...
Coping with life during COVID-19: NHL referee Conor O’Donnell
(5/7) The 30-year-old Hamilton native refereed four NHL games and about 70 AHL games this season before the pandemic forced the postponement of...
IHSAA will allow activities to resume July 1
(5/7) Indiana High School Athletic Association on Wednesday said school sponsored summer activities will resume July 1. According to IHSAA, the summer programs...
MARTIN MCNALLY | GAA REFEREE ON LACK OF GAMES; OFFICIALS’ FUNDRASING DRIVE
(5/7) Referee Martin McNally joined Ger and Eoin for a chat around the GAA's plans for no inter-county action before October, keeping fit...
Coronavirus and sports: Referees not yet tested for COVID-19
(5/7) According to German sports magazine kicker, Bundesliga referees have yet to be tested for the coronavirus. In the DFL's press conference on...
‘Football is critically important, but we need to ease into this’
(5/6) The GHSA recommended its member schools shut down sports activities March 12 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hines said the association is spurred into...
It’s the same rules on the pitch as in the pharmacy
(5/6) On the pitch, she is "the boss". Her job as a referee is to ensure that players adhere to the Laws of...
South America names first Women’s Referee Rugby Panel
(5/6) With most countries across the continent in some form of lockdown, the growth of women’s rugby in South America has been slowed...
WHY IS NO ONE THINKING OF THE REFEREES?
(5/6) Leisure Leagues’ Senior Referee, Mark Clattenburg has weighed into the row over the resumption of 11 a side football and asked: Why...
Play ball: Korean baseball league begins in empty stadiums
(5/5) The new baseball season began in South Korea on Tuesday with the crack of the bat and the sound of the ball...
How to play live pro sports in a pandemic? Taiwan, South Korea offer lessons
(5/5) In Asia, however, some teams are playing ball. In fact, on Tuesday, fans in South Korea can tune into five games that...
‘As sick as you can get:’ How a Seattle man, hospitalized for 2 months,...
(5/5) NASO member: Michael Flor was born in 1950 in the same Seattle hospital system, Swedish, that he ended up in for the...
NASO refutes claim that PIAA referees’ fees letter based on national recommendation
(5/4) NASO President Barry Mano told PennLive that his organization did not recommend officials submit tax information to high school athletic governing bodies...
Lost income, camaraderie hitting youth sports officials hard
(5/4) A softball umpire for both high school and Division II and III colleges, Pruitt was in Clermont for what he anticipated to...
