East Coast Basketball Officials Association
Presidents Update
January 2025
Fellow Officials,
Happy New Year: Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2025 as we start the second half of the season.
Games: January is a busy month for regular season games, which start back up the week of the 6th. Many of the games are District match-ups, which determine seedings for the District tournaments in February.
ECBOA Past Due Payment Form – We’ve corrected a technical glitch with this form on our website, which had prevented Mark DeAtley from receiving prior submissions. If you are missing a game fee from any game worked prior to December 1st, please submit the form and Mark will work to track down the game fee. Thanks to Steve for correcting this for us.
Arbiter Payment Dates: There are two pay dates in January for the public schools including the 10th (for games worked December 19th – January 4th), and the 24th (for games worked January 6th – January 18th).
Free Throw Positioning: We have seen some inconsistencies in our positioning during free throws. In both 2-person and 3-person mechanics, after reporting the foul, the ruling official remains tableside as the Trail and should be positioned near the 28-foot line. In 3-person mechanics, the Center official is positioned opposite the table roughly halfway between the nearer lane line and the sideline, and just behind the free throw line outside the 3-point arc such that the official does is outside the shooter’s peripheral vision.
Elections: Nominations open on January 27th and close on the 31st. The positions of President (Erwin), Secretary (Feliberty), and two at-large Board positions (Francois and Alfieri) are up for election this year. ECBOA election supervisor Brian Jones will handle the elections for us this season. More to come on this.
Rule Challenge (*): All of the following are required to set a legal screen, except which?
The screener must face the opponent.
The screener must stay within his or her vertical plane.
The screener must be inbounds.
The screener’s feet must be no wider than shoulder width apart.
Answer: The correct answer is a) The screener must face the opponent. Rule 4-40-2 states what establishes a legal screening position and article 2a states that the screener may face any direction.
** Referee Magazine January, 2025
Have a great second half of the season.
Joe Erwin -President
teachnbank@aol.com
