Coronavirus Florida: Umpires and officials also out of work
(3/27) When the high school sports season came to a screeching halt around two weeks ago because of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the players...
NBA Referee Brandon Adair Donates to Restaurant Attempting to Pay Employees
(3/27) NBA referee Brandon Adair donated money to a restaurant for employees to receive their paychecks and keep the doors open during the coronavirus pandemic.
High school officials now searching for extra income
(3/27) Part-time umpires and officials like him also rely on the work for supplemental income. That money will be subtracted from their budgets...
Sidelined: How COVID-19 affects umpires
(3/27) In the days since the COVID-19 pandemic sidelined the sports world, Babe Allen’s phone has been blowing up with text messages.
Umpires could feel impact of potential lost spring season
(3/26) Schools in Cattaraugus County planned to play 408 varsity, junior varsity or modified baseball or softball games this spring.
Each of those games...
Loss of sports impacting more than just athletes and coaches
(3/26) When you pass any sports field in Kern County, there is no one playing. The basketball courts are empty and the baseball...
Local referees and umpires face financial challenges in wake of coronavirus pandemic
(3/26) South Carolina High School League games have been postponed until at least April 6 because of the spread of coronavirus. That suspension...
Longtime NCAA Men’s Basketball referee from Syracuse says COVID-19 is bigger than hoops
(3/25) Normally this time of year longtime NCAA Men’s Basketball referee Pat Driscoll would be working one of these Sweet 16 or Elite...
Spring officials trying to stay ready amid hiatus
(3/25) Spring sports athletes, coaches and fans are sitting in place right now, waiting for the potential of an all-clear and resumption, of...
Referees count losses amid COVID – 19
(3/25) Some of the professionals hardest hit by the suspension of Premier Soccer League (PSL) games are match officials.
Pandemic disrupts routine of umpires
(3/24) By October, Keith Segedy’s weekends from the middle of February all the way through Memorial Day were planned out. The hotel rooms,...
NASO’s Voice Supports Sports Officials
These are unsettled and unsettling times. Gatherings of all types have been postponed and cancelled. There are no sporting events being held. That...
Referees and umpires lobby that they too have been hurt by coronavirus shutdown
(3/23) Within the sports community, one of the affects of the coronavirus outbreak has been the sidelining of nearly all games and competitions...
That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief
(3/23) Not only might you be feeling uneasy about the change in your daily routine, you may be feeling discomfort which Harvard experts...
MLB umpire Little staying positive in uncertain time
(3/22) These days, the Major League Baseball umpire is spending more time at home with his wife, Katy, and their three sons, all...
PRO referees present their take on the #StayAtHomeChallenge
(3/21) Players and coaches around MLS have been participating in the #StayAtHomeChallenge to do their part to help flatten the curve of the...
Coronavirus outbreak could provide new reality for prep referees
(3/21) Joining in the dark are hundreds of referees that were officiating postseason events when the MHSAA halted any winter postseason tournaments...
Reversed – MiLB Umpires Get Spring Financial Relief
(3/20) A day after our report on Minor League Baseball's purported instruction that its umpires pay money to the league in the wake...
The Largest Officiating Survey Ever
17,487. That is the number of officials whose investment in this avocation motivated them to respond to the recent National Association of Sports...
Retiring official sees career end prematurely (due to COVID-19)
(3/20) Kathy Lynch did not envision her 38-year officiating career ending like this.
The longtime women’s basketball referee was in the midst of conference-tournament...
20 Inspiring Books For Sports Officials
If you had inside access to the bookshelves of college and professional officials and officiating leaders, what books would you find? Sure, rulebooks...
Longtime Referee Pat Driscoll Misses Officiating NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Games
(3/19) Driscoll couldn’t wait to work the conference tournament games at Madison Square Garden last week. And this week, he almost certainly would...
OFFICIALS SIDELINED WHILE SPORTS ARE ON HOLD
(3/19) Referees, umpires, and officials aren’t in the game for the money, they do it for the games they love. Last week, when...
Horizon League men’s basketball tournament referee tests positive for coronavirus
(3/19) At least one referee for the semifinal game of the Horizon League men's basketball tournament, held at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in...
