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QUIZ ANSWERS

BASKETBALL 1 — All – b (NFHS 2-12-5; NCAA M/W 2-10.9) 2 — NFHS – b (1-10-1, 4-61, 9-11); NCAAM – a (1-14.1, 9-15.2.a.1); NCAAW – b (1-14.1, 9-15.2.a.1) 3 — NFHS – a (1-4-1); NCAAM/W – c (1-7.1) 4 — NFHS – a (1-14); NCAAM/W – c (NCAAM 10-2.1; NCAAW 10-12.2.a.2) 5 — NFHS – b (3-4-3b, 10-64); NCAAM/W – d (NCAA M 1-22.7.b.3, 10-2.3.c; NCAA W 1-22.7.b.3, 10-12.2.c.3)

SOCCER 1 — All – d (NFHS 12-8-2f; NCAA A.R.3.1.c; IFAB 3.6) 2 — NFHS – a (7-1-3); NCAA – d (7.5.3); IFAB – b (7.5) 3 — All – c (NFHS 9-2-3; NCAA 9.3.2.1 IFAB 8.2) 4 — All – a (NFHS 11-1-4; NCAA 11.2; IFAB 11.2) BASEBALL 1 — All – c (NFHS 8-3-2; NCAA 8-3e; pro 6.01h1) 2 — All – d (NFHS 8-2-5; NCAA 8-6a Note 2; pro 5.09c2 AR B) 3 — All – c (NFHS 8-1-1e; NCAA 6-3d; pro 6.01h) 4 — NFHS – c (8-4-2d Pen); NCAA, pro – b (NCAA 2-51; pro Interference Definition) 5 — All – b (NFHS 8-1-1, 8.1.1A; NCAA 8-5n; pro 5.09b10).

FOOTBALL 1— Both – a (NFHS 7-1-7a; NCAA 7-1-2b-4c, 7-1-3d) 2 — NFHS – a (2-24-6 through 8, 6-1-2); NCAA – d (2-16-5b, 6-12a and d, 6-1-4c-4 and 5, 8-5-2) 3 — NFHS – c (9-6-4c Pen.); NCAA – a (3-5-3b Pen.) 4 — NFHS – a (2-44 Pen., 7-513); NCAA – c (7-3-5, 7-3-11 Pen.) 5 — Both – d (NFHS 10-2-1b, 10-2-2b, 10.2.2A; NCAA 10-1-4 Exc. 1, AR 10-1-4 III) SOFTBALL

1 — NFHS, USA Softball, USSSA

– d (NFHS 8-2-5 Pen.; USA Softball 8-2h Eff.; USSSA 8-17g); NCAA – c (12.5.7, 12.10.4 Eff.)

2 — NFHS, USA Softball,

USSSA – b (NFHS 8-9-4 Exc.; USA Softball 8-10d Exc.; USSSA 8-3d Exc.); NCAA – a (no rules provisions)

3 — NFHS, USA Softball, USSSA

– c (NFHS 7-4-4 Pen.; USA Softball 7-6s Eff.; USSSA 7-12 Pen.); NCAA – e (11.20.2 Eff., 11.21.16)

VOLLEYBALL 1 — All – c (NFHS 11-4-3; NCAA 11.3.7.3; USAV 17.1.1, USAV Guidelines for Dealing with Blood) 2 — NFHS, NCAA – b (NFHS 10-3-6 Note, 10-4-3-a2; NCAA 11.3.6.1.3, 12.3.1.1.2); USAV – a (15.7, 19.4.2.2) 3 — NFHS, USAV – b (NFHS 7-2; USAV 7.3.2); NCAA – a (10.1.1.1) 4 — NFHS – b (4-2-1h-3); NCAA, USAV – a (NCAA 7.1.1.3; USAV 4.3)

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.

OCTOBER

FLASHBACK

40 YEARS AGO … 1981

• An out-of-court settlement is reached in a lawsuit where two basketball referees sued a Florida junior college coach for defamation. For his comments to a newspaper critical of Les Lawn and Carlton Benton, coach John Pellegrino of Hillsborough Community College issued a written apology and paid an undisclosed sum.

30 YEARS AGO … 1991

• The National Association of Basketball Coaches seeks a national rating system and limitations on the numbers of games referees can work each week. The proposal sought to use the ratings to determine which officials were selected for postseason events.

20 YEARS AGO … 2001

• MLB asks umpires to call more strikes and notes a “suggested goal” for each game. In a memo to umpires, Sandy Alderson, thenMLB executive vice president for baseball operations, suggested games should have 270 pitches per game. The World Umpire Association filed a grievance and MLB agreed not to use pitch count and pitch-count averages.

10 YEARS AGO … 2011

• Nine different soccer goalline technology systems undergo testing by FIFA. Testing, under standards set by the International Football Association Board, included a goal indication to the referee’s watch through a vibration, 100 percent recognition of free shots on goal and utilization during both daytime and nighttime matches to ensure consistency.