I gave them up a few years ago.
I found out that the NF has liability insurance. All the games I work are covered by my membership in the NF.
I tought they were complete jerks in suing this site over the name that it used to go by, eReferee.com. From the documents I read, they seemed to think they had a copyright/trademark (???) on the word "Referee" and any form of it.
The content of the magazine was not that compelling. I really didn't care to have 6-8 months of a magazine about how to call deep fly balls or offsides. Often, you could tell that the atricle was not written by an official up-to-date in high school sports...even when the topic was NFHS games. For a multisport official, it could be more interesting.
I did enjoy a few of the Bios and some of the Psychology articles. But as far as reffing goes, I've learned just as much, even more, from reading and activily participating in this forum.
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