IPAD on the Bench

[constable]

Here is the interpretation from IAABO

INTERPRETATION / CLARIFICATION FROM IAABO
IAABO Executive Director Tom Lopes has confirmed that the use of an "I-Pad is not permissible."
This falls under rule 10, section 1, article 3 - "A team shall not use television monitoring or replay equipment or computers (other than for statistics) for coaching purposes during the game or any intermission..."

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by constable

Here is the interpretation from IAABO

INTERPRETATION / CLARIFICATION FROM IAABO
IAABO Executive Director Tom Lopes has confirmed that the use of an "I-Pad is not permissible."
This falls under rule 10, section 1, article 3 - "A team shall not use television monitoring or replay equipment or computers (other than for statistics) for coaching purposes during the game or any intermission..."

What is IAABO's authority?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

What is IAABO's authority?

That organization has Boards all over the country. It is a national group which trains and runs HS basketball officiating chapters. If a particular group is affiliated with IAABO, then it should follow what its leadership says.

IAABO Home Page


The problem with the different rulings issued by Mary Struckhoff and Tom Lopes is that one of them made a decision based upon what the text of the rule actually says and the other didn't.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

That organization has Boards all over the country. It is a national group which trains and runs HS basketball officiating chapters. If a particular group is affiliated with IAABO, then it should follow what its leadership says.

IAABO Home Page


The problem with the different rulings issued by Mary Struckhoff and Tom Lopes is that one of them made a decision based upon what the text of the rule actually says and the other didn't.

And yet the other problem is that some local boards in Ontario "are an IAABO" chapter, and others aren't.

So when there are differing rules with teams from conflicting regions, it needs to be clarified if Fed or IAABO interps are being used. This isn't done, so then it becomes a provincial issue (as a whole).

I don't recall hearing news that "we play Fed with these IAABO exceptions".

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

That organization has Boards all over the country. It is a national group which trains and runs HS basketball officiating chapters. If a particular group is affiliated with IAABO, then it should follow what its leadership says.

IAABO Home Page


The problem with the different rulings issued by Mary Struckhoff and Tom Lopes is that one of them made a decision based upon what the text of the rule actually says and the other didn't.

I've seen plenty of iPads on benches this season and, well, I couldn't possibly care. I have much bigger fish to fry, like the colors of headbands and pre wrap and whether undershirts are illegal.

[constable]

Originally Posted by constable

Here is the interpretation from IAABO

INTERPRETATION / CLARIFICATION FROM IAABO
IAABO Executive Director Tom Lopes has confirmed that the use of an "I-Pad is not permissible."
This falls under rule 10, section 1, article 3 - "A team shall not use television monitoring or replay equipment or computers (other than for statistics) for coaching purposes during the game or any intermission..."

Had to enforce the IAABO interpretation for the first time today. HC asked "even for stats"

my response " yep"

[Adam]

Colorado has gone a step further, all electronic devices are banned from the sideline/bench.

[Welpe]

I had a MS game a few weeks ago where somebody on the bench was recording the game with an iPad. I reminded the coach she could not review the video during the game or at half-time but there's not much of a way to enforce that. I'll probably bounce that up to my chapter leadership to see what they say about it.