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SOCCER

1 — All – d (NFHS 14-1-2, 14.1.2; NCAA 14.2.3; IFAB 14.1) 2 — All – c (NFHS 13-3-4; NCAA 13.1.3.c; IFAB 13.1) 3 — All – b (NFHS 13-3-2; NCAA 13.2.5; IFAB 13.2) 4 — NFHS, NCAA – c (NFHS 4-11; NCAA 4-1-15); IFAB – a (4.2) 5 — All – b (NFHS 12-7-1; NCAA 12.3.2; IFAB 12.2)

BASEBALL

1 — NFHS – a (3-1-4b); NCAA, pro – c (NCAA 7-2d3a; pro 5.11a(4)) 2 — NFHS – c (3-3-1f-6 Pen.); NCAA, pro – a (NCAA 3-3; 5-15; pro 5.03 Pen) 3 — NFHS, pro – c (NFHS 3-1-1 Pen.; pro 510d); NCAA – a (NCAA 5-5j1) 4 — NFHS – d (3-1-4b); NCAA, pro – a (NCAA 7-2d5; pro 5.11a(4), (6), (12)) 5 — All – a (NFHS 6-2-4f; NCAA 9-3L; pro 6.02a(1) Cmt.) FOOTBALL

1 — Both – c (NFHS 2-28, 6-2-6; NCAA 6-3-1b) 2 — NFHS – d (NFHS 1-5-3c-6); NCAA – a (1-3-7; 1-3-8b) 3 — Both – a (NFHS 7-1-7a; NCAA 7-1-3a, 7-1-4b) 4 — NCAA – c (3-1-3e, 8-3-2a) 5 — Both – b (NFHS 4-3-1; NCAA 6-2-1)

SOFTBALL

1 — All – b (USA Softball 8-5g Eff.; NCAA 12.12.8.3 Eff.; NFHS 8-4-3e Pen.; USSSA 8-14c-3, 8-15c) 2 — All – a (USA Softball 1 – Foul Ball, 7-6f; NCAA 11.5.1.1; NFHS 2-25-1f; USSSA 3 – Foul Ball, 7-9)

3 — USA Softball, NFHS, USSSA

– d (USA Softball 8-2h Eff.; NFHS 8-2-5 Pen.; USSSA 8-17g); NCAA – c (12.5.7, 12.10.4 Eff.) 4 — All – b (USA Softball 8-5g Exc. 1; NCAA 12.12.7.4 Eff.; NFHS 8-4-3e Exc. 1; USSSA 8-14d-2) VOLLEYBALL

1 — NFHS – d (12-2-9c Pen. c); NCAA – a (6.1.2); USAV – c (21.3.2.3) 2 — All – d (NFHS 4-2-2; NCAA 7.1.1.2; USAV 19.2) 3 — NFHS, NCAA – b (NFHS 5-53b-19; NCAA 19.4.6); USAV – a (23.3.3) 4 — All – a (NFHS 9-6-4; NCAA 14.6.4.2; USAV 14.6.1)

BASKETBALL 1 — All – a (NFHS 2-12-5; NCAAM/W 2-10.9) 2 — All – a (NFHS 4-20-3, 9-1, 9.1.2B; NCAAM/W 8-1.4, 9-1). 3 — NFHS – d (4-19-8); NCAAM – d (4-15.2.b, 4-15.3.c); NCAAW – a (10-11.1) 4 — All – e (NFHS 10-6; NCAAM 10-3 Pen. Note, 10-4 Pen. Note; NCAAW 10-12.4 Pen. Note)

MISSION

Referee is a magazine written from an officiating perspective, blending editorial credibility and business viability. It educates, challenges and inspires officials at the youth, recreational, high school, collegiate and professional levels in all sports, with an emphasis on baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball and volleyball. Referee is the journal of record for officiating and takes informed positions on selected issues. The magazine provides a forum for its readers, facilitates the flow of information, raises public consciousness about officials’ roles and serves as a catalyst for improved officiating worldwide.

MAY

FLASHBACK

40 YEARS AGO … 1981

• Greek soccer referee Mikos Litsas is jailed and fined for ejecting a player during a game. Litsas was sentenced by an Athens court to 40 days in jail and ordered to pay a $100 fine after the ejected player and his teammates initiated legal action.

30 YEARS AGO … 1991

• NFL referee Jim Tunney works his last game in a 51-3 Buffalo rout of the Raiders in the AFC title game. Tunney penned a letter to Commissioner Paul Tagliabue writing in part: “I love professional football and will stay involved in it … I am pursuing opportunities in broadcasting.”

20 YEARS AGO … 2001

• The NFHS and Referee sign an agreement to mutually produce training aids for high school sports officials. Baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball, volleyball and wrestling were impacted as the NFHS Preseason Guides were produced by Referee. Overhead transparencies were produced for preseason officiating meetings as well.

10 YEARS AGO … 2011

• Michigan’s Downriver League (DRL) is forced back to three officials for girls’ high school basketball games. Budget concerns were cited when the 10-school DRL mandated two-person crews for girls’ games while still using three-person crews for boys’ games. Two member schools and the American Civil Liberties Union complained the DRL treated student-athletes differently based on gender.