East Coast Basketball Officials Association
Presidents Update
September 2024
Fellow Officials,
Meetings: Our meetings start up this month beginning with New Member Orientation on Wednesday September 4th at 7:00 PM, at John I. Leonard High School, followed by General Meeting #1 on September 11th at 7:00 PM, also at John I. Leonard. Yetta has informed us that events and meetings held at public high schools require entry through a metal detector.
ECBOA Evaluation Opportunity: There are openings for evaluations on September 16th and 23rd at North Broward Prep for anyone who wishes to be evaluated during live-play games. ECBOA evaluators and senior officials will be on hand to do the evaluations. If interested, please contact Michael Francois at 561-701-7098 for further details.
Registration: Registration remains open for both ECBOA and the FHSAA through Arbiter. Early registration ends on October 16th for ECBOA, and October 21st for the FHSAA, after which there will be a late fee. Please register prior to these dates.
Jessica Lunsford Act (JLA) Fingerprinting: State law requires contest officials to have passed a background check and obtain a JLA badge, which is good for 5 years. If you do not have an active JLA badge (or your badge is expiring), you will need to schedule an appointment through the Fieldprint vendor. A link can be found on our website under Getting Started. NOTE: the required entry code has changed, and must be obtained through Yetta Greene, whose contact information is also on our website.
Training: Alvin McClinton, our Training Director, will be handling all training activities this season, and has lined up some guest speakers. This is a major initiative for ECBOA this season and we are happy that Alvin has taken this on for us.
By-Law Updates: The Board has come to a general consensus on changes to our by-laws. The proposed changes are in the process of being redlined in the document for Board approval, after which they will be presented to the membership for review and discussion. More to come on this.
Rule Challenge (*): A1 caused the ball to be out of bounds in each of the following except, which?
B2 bats the ball out of A1’s hands, the ball strikes A1’s leg, and the ball goes out of bounds.
A1 attempts to pass the ball to A2, but the ball strikes an official who is standing inbounds, and the ball deflects out of bounds.
A1 touches B1, who is standing on a boundary line.
A1 touches the ball against a team B coach, who is standing on a boundary line.
Answer: The correct answer is c. In each scenario except c, the ball strikes a player, official, or coach and the ball is determined to go out of bounds. In c, no ball possession is involved. See Rule 7-1 and 7-2 pertaining to Out-Of-Bounds.
*Referee Magazine Sept 2024
Looking forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming meetings.
Joe Erwin -President
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