Texas Asso of Sports Oficials v UIL

[RonA]

Originally Posted by bluehair

This thread may be of interest to Texas sports officials only.
I do not have a law background, and I may be mis-reading the bill (bill text here), but I do not see some of the items stated in the post above (I look forward to be corrected if I am wrong). From my reading:
- UIL can/will require registration of sports officials working UIL games.
- UIL can charge a fee that covers the registration process only.
- UIL is prohibited from sponsoring/organizing sports officials.

I am happily surprised that the state legislature specifically limited UIL's authority and look forward to this law suit being settled. Though it is yet to be seen, I think this bodes well for the survival of TASO. But I wonder how those sports that abandoned TASO in favor of UIL will be received back.

Having read the bill myself, it doesn't appear that there is much difference from things as they now are. That being said, if UIL is still in charge of setting fees (and according to the way I read the bill, they are) that does not necessarily mean that there will be a pay raise. As I recall, it was TASO who voted in the pay raise, NOT UIL. As such, I don't see any real raise coming.

Furthermore, if UIL is still left in charge of things (aside from organizing officials), Then what is the need of TASO? The regulatory provisions of the bill still give UIL complete power over officials in terms of sanctioning. This was one of the BIG issues among members when voting to stay/leave TASO. With UIL representing the interests of the school, there would be no one at the table for the official.

Just sayin'