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UIL looks to register officials
Motion awaits approval from legislative council
By SAM KHAN JR.
Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Oct. 25, 2009, 11:30PM
AUSTIN — The University Interscholastic League is one step closer to bringing the officiating of its high school sports events under its control.
The UIL standing committee on athletics unanimously approved a motion to require all officials that work its varsity contests to register with the league. Officiating was one of the many topics handled during the UIL legislative council meetings on Sunday at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center.
The motion must receive approval from the legislative council today in order to go into effect. The council will reconvene today at 9 a.m.
The decision on officiating comes in the wake of an ongoing dispute between the UIL and the Texas Association of Sports Officials, the governing body for officials in Texas. Previously, section 1204 of the UIL’s Constitution and Contest Rules stated that, unless otherwise mutually agreed, schools were to use officials registered with TASO for varsity team sports contests. If approved, the measure will instead require schools to use officials registered with the UIL.
Also up for discussion was predetermined sites for state championship football games. Currently, only Class 5A has a predetermined date and site for its Division I and Division II title games, which went into effect in 2006. The standing committee on policy unanimously approved a motion to extend predetermined sites to championship games in all classes from Class 4A all the way to Class 1A six-man. The legislative council will decide on that issue today.
The results of a referendum ballot on split-conference alignment for Class 2A schools was also unveiled. The 2A schools voted 121-75 in favor of a split-conference alignment for football, which would separate 2A into Division I and Division II prior to the season, rather than after the regular season. That setup is currently used in Class 1A six-man and 11-man football.
Class 2A will begin its split-conference alignment, which places 16 districts in Division I and 16 districts in Division II prior to the regular season, in time for the 2010 football season.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/hso/6685717.html
Motion awaits approval from legislative council
By SAM KHAN JR.
Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Oct. 25, 2009, 11:30PM
AUSTIN — The University Interscholastic League is one step closer to bringing the officiating of its high school sports events under its control.
The UIL standing committee on athletics unanimously approved a motion to require all officials that work its varsity contests to register with the league. Officiating was one of the many topics handled during the UIL legislative council meetings on Sunday at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center.
The motion must receive approval from the legislative council today in order to go into effect. The council will reconvene today at 9 a.m.
The decision on officiating comes in the wake of an ongoing dispute between the UIL and the Texas Association of Sports Officials, the governing body for officials in Texas. Previously, section 1204 of the UIL’s Constitution and Contest Rules stated that, unless otherwise mutually agreed, schools were to use officials registered with TASO for varsity team sports contests. If approved, the measure will instead require schools to use officials registered with the UIL.
Also up for discussion was predetermined sites for state championship football games. Currently, only Class 5A has a predetermined date and site for its Division I and Division II title games, which went into effect in 2006. The standing committee on policy unanimously approved a motion to extend predetermined sites to championship games in all classes from Class 4A all the way to Class 1A six-man. The legislative council will decide on that issue today.
The results of a referendum ballot on split-conference alignment for Class 2A schools was also unveiled. The 2A schools voted 121-75 in favor of a split-conference alignment for football, which would separate 2A into Division I and Division II prior to the season, rather than after the regular season. That setup is currently used in Class 1A six-man and 11-man football.
Class 2A will begin its split-conference alignment, which places 16 districts in Division I and 16 districts in Division II prior to the regular season, in time for the 2010 football season.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/hso/6685717.html
