There are practices that should always be followed when traveling with officiating partners to make sure everyone gets to the game on-time, and gets along with...
We start with my story.
I was officiating with a rookie partner (who had great potential) on a middle school championship basketball game. Perfect pairing...
One of the hazards of being a sports official is that you quickly become an expert consultant to your friends when they have a question about a rule...
Conflict of interest. Whether it actually exists between an official and coach or administrator or family member or whatever the case, when that phrase...
I t may sound elementary, but for the most part there are three types of officials: rulebook attorneys, freelancers and a combination of both.
The rulebook...