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The names of game officials for each interscholastic athletic contest must be submitted by the host school to the visiting school not later than five school days before such contest and must be mutually agreed upon not later than the night preceding the contest.
2.090 SEASON LIMITATION IN ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES
No school belonging to this Association shall organize its teams, practice, scrimmage or participate in any interscholastic sport outside of the season limitations as prescribed in Section 5.000 of these by-laws; nor shall any person who coaches any sport at a member school coach or supervise a non-school team in any interscholastic sport comprised of students from that school, except within the guidelines promulgated by the IHSA Board of Directors.
2.100 ALL-STAR TEAMS AND GAMES
No athletic team from any member school may compete against an “all-star” team. No school official from a member school shall assist, either directly or indirectly, with any contest by an all-star team during the school year, unless the contest is approved by the Board of Directors.
2.110 OFFICIALS’ ATTENDANCE AT RULES INTERPRETATION MEETINGS
Attendance at the annual Association sponsored sport rules interpretation meetings shall be required for all registered athletic officials, provided rules meetings are conducted in the sport. Failure to comply with this requirement may be penalized by probation, restriction on assignments or suspension of the official’s registration.
Rules Meeting Questions
Q. What is to be the penalty for officials who do not attend or view the online rules interpretation meeting as required by this rule?
A. Violations of this by-law cause the official to go on probation and/or suspension.
Failure to attend an IHSA rules meeting in a sport shall result in a one-year probation period in that sport for the official. Probation means that the official may not be eligible for assignment to the state tournament series and will not be eligible for promotion in the sport for one year.
Failure to attend an IHSA rules meeting in a sport for two (2) consecutive years shall result in a one-year suspension in that sport. Suspension means that the official will lose licensing privileges in that sport for one (1) year and will lose all ratings in that sport. After the year’s suspension, an official may reapply in that sport, but will be at the level of registered, with no promotion status retained.
Q. May an official who fails to attend or view an online rules meeting the first year, and is thereby on probation, officiate regular season contests for pay?
A. Yes.
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