The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Basketball

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old Wed Sep 28, 2022, 09:44am
Lighten up, Francis.
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 4,604
IAABO Handbook

Ever since I've been officiating, IAABO has given its members a rulebook and casebook each year. But their agreement with NFHS expired, and for whatever reason (probably $$$$ that they didn't want to pay to the FED), IAABO no longer has permission to distribute the books to its members.

Instead, this year, we're receiving the IAABO Handbook, which includes a detailed "textbook" about the rules and intersperses play situations throughout to illustrate the rule being discussed. (As in years past, it also includes the officials' manual.) They did a pretty good job on it, actually; but for rule nerds like me, it means I have to go and buy a rulebook for the first time in 30 years.

I think the new officials will like it, but it means I have to re-organize my class notes.





Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old Wed Sep 28, 2022, 10:34am
Esteemed Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 22,934
New IAABO Handbook ...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrapper1 View Post
Ever since I've been officiating, IAABO has given its members a rulebook and casebook each year. But their agreement with NFHS expired, and for whatever reason ... IAABO no longer has permission to distribute the books to its members. Instead, this year, we're receiving the IAABO Handbook, which includes a detailed "textbook" about the rules and intersperses play situations throughout to illustrate the rule being discussed ... it means I have to go and buy a rulebook for the first time in 30 years.
I am also planning to purchase a NFHS Rulebook and Casebook. My local IAABO board will only be distributing NFHS Rulebooks and Casebooks to our new class (rookies), and to those who serve as interpreters, or are on the rule training committee.

Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
It was announced locally that the annual IAABO International Handbook (that normally contains the IAABO constitution and a list of local boards, an IAABO Mechanics Manual, a NFHS Rulebook, and a NFHS Casebook) will, beginning in 2022-23, no longer contain a NFHS Rulebook, and a NFHS Casebook. I'm aware that these two books can be purchased from the NFHS website ($10.00 each).

A few years ago, our state association (CIAC) wanted our six local IAABO boards to join the NFHS through our CIAC existing membership (with an increase in our CIAC membership fee). Every other Connecticut high school sport does this (joins the NFHS through our CIAC), but not basketball. We fought the proposal using the argument that we already get our NFHS Rulebook and NFHS Casebook in the IAABO Handbook, a good argument at the time. Quoth the raven, "Nevermore".
The post above was from March 2022. Here's an update. The Connecticut IAABO State Board has now decided to support $17 NFHS dues beginning in the 2023-24 season. We will join the NFHS through the CIAC. We already pay $13 each annually to belong to the CIAC, now we will pay an additional $17 each annually to the CIAC (total $30) to also belong to the NFHS. These fees will be rolled into our annual local/state/international IAABO board fees ($125 last year).

Does membership in the NFHS, through a state association, mean free paper NFHS rulebooks and casebooks and/or free online NFHS rulebooks and casebooks?

I figure that we've got to get something for our $17.
__________________
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

“I was in prison and you came to visit me.” (Matthew 25:36)

Last edited by BillyMac; Wed Sep 28, 2022 at 10:53am.
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old Wed Sep 28, 2022, 11:01am
Administrator
 
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.
Posts: 8,044
This is just a personal opinion but I think that Peter Webb was a driving force in keeping IAABO having a connection with the NFHS.

MTD, Sr.
__________________
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Trumbull Co. (Warren, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Wood Co. (Bowling Green, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Ohio Assn. of Basketball Officials
International Assn. of Approved Bkb. Officials
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Toledo, Ohio
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old Fri Oct 07, 2022, 12:31pm
Lighten up, Francis.
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 4,604
Found a mistake in the new IAABO Handbook. Chapter 10, Segment 4 (page 78):
Quote:
A player-control foul occurs when an airborne player or player who is in control of the ball commits a common foul
.

It shouldn't say "airborne player". It should say "airborne SHOOTER". If a player jumps during rebounding action and commits a common foul, s/he is airborne, but that is NOT a player control foul.

An airborne SHOOTER is a player who has jumped and RELEASED A TRY for goal, but has not yet returned to the floor.
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old Fri Oct 07, 2022, 12:42pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Posts: 18,016
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrapper1 View Post
Found a mistake in the new IAABO Handbook. Chapter 10, Segment 4 (page 78):
.

It shouldn't say "airborne player". It should say "airborne SHOOTER". If a player jumps during rebounding action and commits a common foul, s/he is airborne, but that is NOT a player control foul.

An airborne SHOOTER is a player who has jumped and RELEASED A TRY for goal, but has not yet returned to the floor.
Thanks for pointing this out, but it won't be recognized unless you respond to your own post with four of the following three items:

1) Off topic pictures and or song lyrics
2) Historical references to different and only tangentially related rules
3) Lengthy articles that repeatedly reiterate the same material over and over again along with as much other material as can be included

I'm not sure these guidelines are written anywhere; I've just gleaned them by following recent posts.
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old Fri Oct 07, 2022, 01:33pm
Esteemed Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 22,934
Guidelines ...

Quote:
Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
I'm not sure these guidelines are written anywhere ...
They are now.
__________________
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

“I was in prison and you came to visit me.” (Matthew 25:36)
Reply With Quote
  #7 (permalink)  
Old Fri Oct 07, 2022, 02:17pm
Courageous When Prudent
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
Posts: 14,839
Quote:
Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
Thanks for pointing this out, but it won't be recognized unless you respond to your own post with four of the following three items:

1) Off topic pictures and or song lyrics
2) Historical references to different and only tangentially related rules
3) Lengthy articles that repeatedly reiterate the same material over and over again along with as much other material as can be included

I'm not sure these guidelines are written anywhere; I've just gleaned them by following recent posts.
Thanks, I needed a laugh today.
__________________
A-hole formerly known as BNR
Reply With Quote
  #8 (permalink)  
Old Fri Oct 07, 2022, 02:39pm
Esteemed Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 22,934
Chuckles Bites the Dust (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 1975) …

It's Raining Men (The Weather Girls, 1982)

Just following the guidelines.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Raymond View Post
Thanks, I needed a laugh today.
This didn't give you a chuckle? Not even mildly amusing?

Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
I would have loved to have seen the local television sports-jacketed sports guy report this as the weather girl giggles in the background.
__________________
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

“I was in prison and you came to visit me.” (Matthew 25:36)

Last edited by BillyMac; Fri Oct 07, 2022 at 02:42pm.
Reply With Quote
  #9 (permalink)  
Old Fri Oct 07, 2022, 02:52pm
Courageous When Prudent
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
Posts: 14,839
Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
It's Raining Men (The Weather Girls, 1982)

Just following the guidelines.



This didn't give you a chuckle? Not even mildly amusing?
There are certain posts I immediately identify as something I'm not going to read.
__________________
A-hole formerly known as BNR
Reply With Quote
  #10 (permalink)  
Old Fri Oct 07, 2022, 03:02pm
Esteemed Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 22,934
Anybody Remember Old School ???

Quote:
Originally Posted by Raymond View Post
There are certain posts I immediately identify as something I'm not going to read.
Back in the days when we literally had multiple dozens of Forum posters, almost all worth reading, some not so, I did the same thing.

Now, I'm just glad to see any new post.

My settings are defaulted to the last ten days of posts.

I don't know if anybody noticed, but a few weeks ago I was only one thread short of just the two sticky threads showing.

Only time I've ever seen that in my seventeen years on the Forum.

Thank God the few posters that we have left are almost all great rule experts whose posts can be quite educational.

While Forum quantity has certainly diminished, the quality hasn't.

The_Rookie's recent thread about undershirt sleeve length was a joy to read.

Great question. Simple answer. Confirmed by others. Easy citation. Nice reminder to officials, especially young'un officials. Asked and answered. Over and done with. No drama. No debate necessary. The Forum at its best.

Makes my Forum membership dues, paid annually to Mark Padgett, worth it.
__________________
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

“I was in prison and you came to visit me.” (Matthew 25:36)

Last edited by BillyMac; Sat Oct 08, 2022 at 07:12am.
Reply With Quote
  #11 (permalink)  
Old Tue Oct 11, 2022, 06:52pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Rockville,MD
Posts: 1,139
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrapper1 View Post
Ever since I've been officiating, IAABO has given its members a rulebook and casebook each year. But their agreement with NFHS expired, and for whatever reason (probably $$$$ that they didn't want to pay to the FED), IAABO no longer has permission to distribute the books to its members.

Instead, this year, we're receiving the IAABO Handbook, which includes a detailed "textbook" about the rules and intersperses play situations throughout to illustrate the rule being discussed. (As in years past, it also includes the officials' manual.) They did a pretty good job on it, actually; but for rule nerds like me, it means I have to go and buy a rulebook for the first time in 30 years.

I think the new officials will like it, but it means I have to re-organize my class notes.





I agree. It sucks that NFHS, who claims to promote "education-based athletics" look to make a buck by forcing people to buy the rulebook, when the NCAA makes theirs available free for download as PDFs. I'm lucky that my association gave out free copies of the rulebook at the first meeting we had this year to anyone registered with the MPSSAA. The governing bodies of non-NFHS sports in the US also have rulebooks that can be accessible for free via an app, such as the IFAB Laws of the Game app for USSF (soccer) and the USA Hockey rulebook that can be downloaded as a PDF.

Does MIAA give out rulebooks to their associations for their registered officials?
Reply With Quote
  #12 (permalink)  
Old Tue Oct 11, 2022, 10:21pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: In the offseason.
Posts: 12,260
Quote:
Originally Posted by ilyazhito View Post
I agree. It sucks that NFHS, who claims to promote "education-based athletics" look to make a buck by forcing people to buy the rulebook, when the NCAA makes theirs available free for download as PDFs. I'm lucky that my association gave out free copies of the rulebook at the first meeting we had this year to anyone registered with the MPSSAA. The governing bodies of non-NFHS sports in the US also have rulebooks that can be accessible for free via an app, such as the IFAB Laws of the Game app for USSF (soccer) and the USA Hockey rulebook that can be downloaded as a PDF.

Does MIAA give out rulebooks to their associations for their registered officials?
The NFHS has to fund its operations somehow. They do that by rulebook sales. How else do you propose they generate revenue?

If your association gave them out, they just bought them and put the price in your dues. That is what our state association does. They buy them in bulk and charge the officials for them in their state dues.

The NCAA can make theirs for free because they have billion dollar TV contracts. Soccer is also funded by levels that make lots of money.

It just baffles me that people think they should get something for free and the people that provide it should just do it for free. Can I ask what you do for a living and then ask that you quit charging people for it and do it for free?
__________________
Owner/Developer of RefTown.com
Commissioner, Portland Basketball Officials Association
Reply With Quote
  #13 (permalink)  
Old Wed Oct 12, 2022, 07:08am
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Rockville,MD
Posts: 1,139
State associations get their money via membership dues, so I wouldn't be too surprised if the NFHS also got their money from dues paid to it by member state associations. NFHS also gets money from advertising, as you can see from the ads for Smitty and Bison in the basketball rulebook.
Reply With Quote
  #14 (permalink)  
Old Fri Oct 14, 2022, 12:49am
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: 3 hrs east of the western time zone
Posts: 892
Quote:
Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
Thanks for pointing this out, but it won't be recognized unless you respond to your own post with four of the following three items:

1) Off topic pictures and or song lyrics
2) Historical references to different and only tangentially related rules
3) Lengthy articles that repeatedly reiterate the same material over and over again along with as much other material as can be included

I'm not sure these guidelines are written anywhere; I've just gleaned them by following recent posts.
Post of the year !!!
__________________
Go ugly early, avoid the rush !!!!
Reply With Quote
  #15 (permalink)  
Old Fri Oct 14, 2022, 06:55am
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Midlothian, VA
Posts: 671
Quote:
Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
Thanks for pointing this out, but it won't be recognized unless you respond to your own post with four of the following three items:

1) Off topic pictures and or song lyrics
2) Historical references to different and only tangentially related rules
3) Lengthy articles that repeatedly reiterate the same material over and over again along with as much other material as can be included
I'm not sure these guidelines are written anywhere; I've just gleaned them by following recent posts.
Always listen to Bob!
__________________
THE FLY IS OPEN, LET'S GO PEAY
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
The Umpire Handbook of Softball Rule Differences cruzercapt Softball 1 Tue Sep 30, 2008 03:23pm
NCAA Handbook bradriney Basketball 1 Tue Feb 21, 2006 09:22pm
IAABO Handbook? LJ89 Basketball 15 Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:02pm
NCAA Study Guide and NFHS Rules Handbook kentref Football 4 Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:35am
The Handbook rainmaker Basketball 23 Sat Nov 09, 2002 12:33am


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:06pm.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1