About the Rules in the USA
 

Hey pals, I'm a Chinese in-campus college student. And got certificate here under FIBA rules. I was wondering about the rules in the USA, do USA has some different rules in different associations or league? For example, between NCAA & some senior highs. I might fly USA for school later and wanna officiate some games there. Who could offer me some free sites of downloading the rule books, thank you!
By the way, are the non-USA people permitted to get some ref certificate in the States.

Non-US citizens can become referees in the US, Luis. There are 3 main sets of rules in the US. NFHS, which governs our high schools (teenage boys and girls); NCAA, which governs our university teams; and the NBA. The high school rules are not available online, but here are the links for the other two:

NBA: http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_index.html

NCAA: http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/20...ball_rules.pdf

Good luck with your travels to the US.

Greatly thanks ChuckElias! Yes, I read NBA rules often and briefly read about the NCAA's. And I really hope I could officiate in US if I'll be there soon.

good luck to you.

Thank you chengxin1, seeing your ID, I believe that you're also a Chinese or an Asian~

Nope, he's just a spamming shoe salesman who's had all of his other previous posts deleted already.

great salesman...

你好。我上海的。你不是吧，上来卖裁判用品也就算了，怎么随便上来卖鞋呢，呵呵！你卖哪些鞋？你哪个城市的 啊？怎么会加这个论坛的呢。

Jurassic, if you could read that, you wouldn't like what Luis has to say about you. :)

Pal. :D

Hey c'mon man~ I promise I'm saying the right thing at the right place~ haa! But just use another language~

Never said you were wrong, just said he wouldn't like it! :)

Babelfish Translations
 

Sorry, I couldn't resist:

If this is in simplified Chinese:

Traditional Chinese:

Maybe we'll see if Luis understands international sign language too......

All right, let me tell you guys what I said, I said "Hello, I'm a Shanghai, oh come on, selling ref stuff is ok, but how can you get here to sell shoes, hehe~~ what kinda shoes you do? And which city do u live in? How can you find this forum?"

Jurassic, you can delete my Chinese typed tip~ it's ok~ cuz it's not important to this topic, just feel warm to see a Chinese here, lolz~ thanks & apologize for any inconvenience~

Okay....I apologize for any inconvenience. :D

???? puzzled....

You wrote "apologize for any inconvenience." You obviously meant "I apologize for any inconvenience." But without the "I" the phrase would properly be interpreted as having the implied subject "you" and would read "you apologize for any inconvenience." Your phrase would then be a directive, which I followed. Of course, it would take a real smart-*** to take it that way. But I am :D

Oops... I'm sorry, my terrible English. lolz~ Thank you very much!

Warm? Gee, I'm almost feeling moist.

Let's see how that translates.....:D

Luis, as long as you are here to discuss basketball officiating and not spam up the place trying to sell shoes, you most certainly are welcome.

<i>Shalom...</i>

Jurassic, I promise I'm here just for learning, discussing the basketball rules, or talking about some ref stuff, but never for commercial or sth. haa! Thank you~

I was called a wise-*** by my brother-in-law recently, which I took to be a promotion from smart-***.

Any tips on how to make the jump? :D

In my case, it was a comment about an unfinshed canoe that has been at 95% completion for about 13 years. They were coming over for a visit and I asked if the canoe was coming along. Consistency is the key. Canoe comments are not constant, but it is sort of a 'back to basics' topic that is brought to the fore at appropriate times.