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Special
Reports
Periodically, NASO creates NASO Special Reports in
order to clarify the issue affecting the sports officiating
profession.
Issues affecting the officiating profession
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Accountability in
Officiating
Officiating leaders from across North America gathered in
Portland, Oregon for NASO’s "Sports Officiating
2003" conference in June. NASO Special Report: Accountability
in Officiating, summarizes the varied opinions from these
leaders in the sports industry on what accountability means
and what role sports officials play. It also includes results
of a survey on accountability conducted by NASO.
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Accountability
in Officiating
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How to Get
and Keep Officials
In June of 2001, NASO members and others
who have strong ties to officiating assembled in Norfolk,
Virginia under the NASO umbrella to discuss the challenge
of getting and keeping officials. This special report presents
the results of those discussions and also provides further
insight into the scope of the officiating shortage problem,
who has responsibility for solving it and what can be done
to abate it.
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How
To Get & Keep Officials
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Assaults
against sports officials
Since first publishing
the NASO Special Report: Assaults On Sports Officials in the
spring of 1998, the National Association of Sports Officials
(NASO), has received hundreds of calls from members of the media,
legislators, sports officials, athletic administrators and fans
seeking additional information on the issue.
Attacks on sports officials continue,
despite efforts of national governing bodies and sports organizations
to emphasize sportsmanship. This special report presents new
cases of assaults on officials, as well as how to deal with
the issue of assault.
Texas Assault Law Update: Act
takes effect September 1, 2003
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Officials
Under Assault
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Limited
liability concerns
Sports officials who
officiate youth and amateur sports sometimes find themselves
in court facing lawsuits arising out of their officiating actions.
They may often times incur tort liability as a result of their
actions or inactions on the playing field. The mere threat of
a lawsuit is sometimes enough to deter people from officiating
and thus directly affects the ability of schools and municipalities
to provide interscholastic and amateur athletic programs. Once
considered frivolous, lawsuits alleging negligence by a sports
official are prevalent today. Injured athletes are increasingly
looking toward sports officials for damages. When athletic competition
breeds litigation, sports officials often become unwitting participants
in the lawsuit. This special report presents knowledge on the
types of lawsuits officials may face, and advice on how to handle
them.
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Limited
Liability for Sports Officials
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Independent
Contractor concerns
The determination whether
amateur sports officials are employees of independent contractors
can have important tax, liability, and labor ramifications.
This can affect the way amateur sports officials do business.
This special report attempts to give
a coherent overview of this complex issue. This report discusses:
(1) the governing legal standards used in determining whether
workers are independent contractors of employees; (2) the
ramifications of this determination; (3) the independent contractor
status of amateur sports officials under federal law; (4)
the independent contractor status of amateur sports officials
under state law; (5) current movements to introduce independent
contractor legislation; and (6) models for these groups seeking
to introduce legislation.
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Officials
& Independent Contractor Status
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Evaluating
Officiating Performance
Evaluating officials has long been a tough
job for both the evaluators and those being evaluated. In June
2002, officiating representatives from 46 states and the District
of Columbia, gathered in Albuquerque, N.M., to discuss issues
related to evaluating officiating performance and to seek answers
to critical problems.
This report contains valuable techniques
and solutions for evaluating officials. However, the challenge
of maintaining fair, unbiased and effective evaluations cannot
be accomplished by one person or even one group. It is everyone’s
responsibility to support officiating education. It is clear
that the responsibility for making a difference lies with
anyone interested in furthering excellence in officiating.
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Evaluating
Officiating Performance
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