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Originally posted by Tim C
To be a "FEDERATION Member" you must be a school. Individual officials are not "members" of FED.
All schools that are "members" of FED have the availability to have an electronic version of all FED documents. These can be used in many ways.
FED still professes to their original stand:
"Since the National Federation of High Schools runs no national tournamnets (i.e. as does the NCAA) a large portion of our operational budget comes from the sales of all of our rules books and manuals.
"The NFHS at this time has no plan to make rules books, case books, or officiating manuals available on line where they can be copied and distributed in violation of our copywrite."
So if any of you find different information PLEASE inform us all.
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OK, I'll inform you.
You don't have to be a "school" to be an NFHS member.You can also be a member of an Officials Association.
At nfhs.org, you'll see a menu on the left hand side. If you click on "Forms and Applications", that will take you to "Membership Applications"--- on there you will see "Officials Associations"--click that and it takes you to a membership form for officials along with an explanation. You might already be a member through your state association, but if not, you can still join if you become or are a member of an affiliated officials association.
Your NFHS membership still only allows you to view the on-line rule and case books. You aren't allowed to download any part of them though. As Tee said, if you want hard copies, you have to buy the books.