UIL Rules - Jr. NBA - situations

[bigwhistle]

Originally posted by Mark Padgett
OK - I give up. What's UIL?

Mark,

The UIL is the governing body that oversees all extracurricular activities in the state of Texas. It is actually a part of the University of Texas. Sports is only one of the spectors that they legislate rules. Their rulings are about as convoluted and hard to understand as the NCAA rules are in many instances.

On the positive side, the UIL has made a very concerted effort to make sure that they do not control the officiating in the state. They leave that up to TASO, which is the officiating organization for the state. However, the UIL does set the pay scale for games in the state, and does have the final say as to which officials work the state tournament in basketball every year. This is done with imput from the various local chapters of TASO across the state.

I'm sure by now that you are sorry you asked the question.