East Coast Basketball Officials Association
Presidents Update
October 2024
Fellow Officials,
General Meetings: We have four (4) meetings scheduled for October, including the October 2nd meeting which will feature Ed Thompson with the FHSAA as our guest speaker, and October 9th, which will feature NBA referee Dedric Taylor as our guest speaker. Other meeting dates include October 16th and 23rd. Attendance at three (3) General Meetings is required to get a game schedule prior to January 1st.
Uniform Vendor: Fred from Purchase Officials will be at our October 16th meeting to sell referee uniforms, shoes, whistles, etc. Note that the new ECBOA jackets are sold separately and can be ordered through Mike Francois.
Registration: Early registration ends on October 16th for ECBOA, and October 21st for the FHSAA, after which there will be a $20 late fee. Please register prior to these dates to avoid the late fee.
Website: Steve Gonedes has been keeping our website up to date, including meeting attendance records, calendar updates, pictures, etc. Be sure to check it out for relevant updates.
By-Law Updates: The Board is down to one or two items to review and discuss, after which we will be posting proposed by-law changes to the website for review by the membership. Thereafter we will have Q&A sessions relating to the changes. The final step will be a vote by the membership to approve the proposed changes.
Rule Challenge (*): During pregame warmups, team B leaves the court to go to its locker room. Which of the following is true?
Team A may warm up on both halves of the court.
Team A may only warm up on its half of the court.
Game administration decides whether team A is allowed to warm up on Team B’s half of the court.
Team A may warm up on team B’s half of the court if approved by the referee.
Answer: The correct answer is b. Rule 4-5-2 states that each team’s basket for practice before the game and for the first half shall be the one farther from its team bench. The mere fact that team B left the court and went into the locker room prior to the game starting does not allow team A to practice on team B’s half of the court.
*Referee Magazine October 2024
Looking forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming meetings.
Joe Erwin -President
teachnbank@aol.com
