Opening General Session Welcome! 2019 FHSAA Officials Summer Conference Atlantic Coast High School

Survey 2019-20 Goals Work on the top two Survey follow up each year Make progress

Survey Recruiting Job related conflicts 63% Starting expense 62% Family 32% FHSAA requirements 31% Geography restrictions 9%

Survey Job Related Conflicts Difficult Game times? Travel Time? Ideas?

Survey Retaining Sportsmanship 61% Game Fees 56% Leadership/Politics within local assoc. 23% Ability to advance – bigger games/postseason 18% Timing of payment 15%

Survey Sportsmanship Expectations Prior to the season Officials and Schools Prior to the season In person meetings – Rules meetings with schools

Survey Game Fees History Current status Moving foward

General Session

Sportsmanship Issues New process – School requirement School will submit an ejection report Within 24 hours FHSAA Corrective Action Team Official’s responsibility Remains the same

Sportsmanship Issues Ejections: on site procedure Ejection based on rule Explain the violation and the result Be clear but concise! Direct any suspension information to our office Once the ejection happens, it has to be reported.

Sportsmanship Issues Ejections: post game Local procedures (review with crew or officers) Fill out AT6 within 24 hours If school requests video review: Use for training purposes Direct suspension inquires to our office but feel free to call our office

Sportsmanship Issues Goal Assist with unsportsmanlike conduct and improve it overall

Sportsmanship Issues Game Management Each game is a new game Treat everyone the same (new coach, veteran coach, state championship coach, etc) Remain professional at all times Leave when the game concludes. Immediately!

Sportsmanship Issues Spectator Issues Responsibility is with the Administrator on Duty (AoD) Contact with AoD prior to game FHSAA is contacting all school principals in August No contact with spectator

Sportsmanship Issues Spectator Issues Arrangements prior to start of the season Follow up with any issues (school and FHSAA)

Officials Pay History Increases – 6 years ago, 15+ years ago OAC agenda item to address the pay Endorsed by ADAC with a request for staff to look at other fees FHSAA Staff surveyed associations 45 responses

Officials Pay History Committee – Officials and AD’s ADAC and Board meeting discussions OAC discussions County AD discussions Email to Presidents and Booking Commissioners Alabama recent pay increase

Officials Pay Result Same place where we started!

Officials Pay Is that accurate?

Officials Pay No; but we have not reached our goal yet. More information and data More feedback/input More of an understanding of what it is going to take to make a change

Officials Pay Factors Start up costs for officials FHSAA dues, Local association dues, JLA badges, uniform/gear,… Reoccurring costs for officials

Officials Pay Factors Travel Distance Time Tolls Carpooling ability? Work Tolls Carpooling ability?

Officials Pay Factors Association costs Paid positions Insurance Arbiter (other software) Training Multiple sports Connection with school districts

Officials Pay Factors Booking/Assigning Fees Weather Lack of officials Lump sum, per game Weather Lack of officials Late game change fees Regular season pay?

Officials Pay Data 699 schools 138 associations 13 different sports 1/3 private schools 67 counties 138 associations 13 different sports

Officials Pay Data FL game rates low compared to SE states Not factored is travel and ancillary fees Ancillary Fees (Booking, Assigning, etc) $0 - $1750 (# of sports covered varies) $5-$25 per game

Officials Pay Data School costs $28,728 annually (average)

Officials Pay Goal Raise the game fee for officials

Eligibility badges Eligibility Badges for each sport the official registers for. If eligibility column is blank official is not registered. Badges will be Green for Rank 1, Yellow for Rank 2 and Red for Rank 3. NEW Badges: Sub-Varsity, Suspended & On Hold

Meeting/Training Points Meeting/Training field will be editable for Association Admin. Max points awarded is 10 points. Soccer max is 5 points.

Evaluations Are now under Assigning tab. Contacts are able to complete these after each game. Association Admins can monitor completed evaluations.

FHSAA Central Hub Sports tab- important rule changes, NFHS powerpoints, POE’s Directory- Association Directory and OAC Officials Advisory Committee Contact information Referee Articles NFHS Insurance Benefits NFHS Officials Membership Cards

Association Meeting for Schools Email was sent out on July 8th. Please send date/location and contracted schools. FHSAA communication with schools.