FLAG FOOTBALL

ECFOA Members,

On Feb 7, 2012 the ECFOA will have its annual flag football meeting. This meeting will be at 7PM at the School Board Building. The agenda for this meeting is as follows:

• Registration (Dues 15.00)
• Rule changes
• Field Mechanics
• Question and Answer session. We will also be announcing the date for a mandatory field clinic.

All officials who are interested in working Girls HS Flag Football it is strongly recommended that you attend this meeting.

Sincerely,
ECFOA Board

Contest Officials

Officials Registration Deadlines for Spring Sports

Initial Deadline: Jan. 3, 2012
Late Registrations: Jan. 4 – Mar. 20, 2012 *(Exception: Softball - Feb. 29)*

Officials Softball, Baseball, Track & Field, Flag Football, Water Polo and Lacrosse Online Exams

Exams can be accessed directly through the officials FHSAA registration account at https://officials.fhsaa.org/ . If you registered for the wrong exam, NO PROBLEM! You can change your test option by clicking on the “Add/Remove Sports” option and then on the edit button once logged in. The edit button looks like a pencil.
Your 2011-12 Softball exam schedule is as follows:

Online open book exam: 1/27-2/01
Online closed book exam: 2/09-2/20
Online makeup exam (CLOSED BOOK ONLY): 2/24-2/29

Your 2011-12 Baseball, Track & Field, Flag Football, Water Polo and Lacrosse exam schedule is as follows:

Online open book exam: 2/17-2/22
Online closed book exam: 3/01-3/12
Online makeup exam (CLOSED BOOK ONLY): 3/16-3/20

Officials Baseball, Softball, Track & Field, Flag Football, Water Polo, Lacrosse and Boys Volleyball Online Rules Video Presentation Dates

The 2011-12 online rules video presentations will be available for the following sports during the following dates:

Baseball: 2/8-2/18
Softball: 1/30-2/11
Track & Field: 2/13-2/20
Flag Football: 2/7-2/16
Water Polo: 2/6-2/17
Lacrosse: 2/3-2/13
Boys Volleyball: 2/12-2/24


To view the online rules video presentation, you must log into the FHSAA officials program located on the web at https://officials.fhsaa.org.

2011-12 FHSAA Football Championships

3.7.3.5.4 Official Ball.
The Spalding J5V Advance or the Spalding TF-SB1 shall be the official ball(s) of the FHSAA State Football Series. The use of one of these balls shall be mandatory in each district tiebreaker, regional tournament game, state semifinal game and FHSAA Finals game. The host school shall ensure the use of the official Spalding football. If the visiting team desires to use its own footballs, it may do so provided it furnishes its own Spalding J5V or TF-SB1 model. The purchase of Spalding footballs, if necessary, will be considered an expense of the tiebreaker or game and reported as such on the financial report form. Spalding and the FHSAA will provide the actual footballs to be used both in competition at the FHSAA Finals. Failure to comply shall subject the host school to penalties including, but not limited to, financial penalties and revocation of state series event hosting privileges in the respective sport.

Contest Officials

Football Official Associations:

We hope your football season is going well. As a reminder, please review NFHS rule 1-5-3b(5) with members of your Association. It states “The following items related to Pads and Padding are illegal: 5. Rib pads and back protectors unless fully covered by a jersey.” I’ve seen a high number of exposed back protectors early in the season. Unlike NCAA, these pads must be covered by the jersey.

Please be proactive and preventative with this issue during pre-game and early in games. Overall, we’ve done a good job with adornments and knee pads covering knees. Keep up the good work in this area.

Thank you for your service as a FHSAA football official.

Sincerely,

Gary V. Pigott
Senior Director of Athletics
gpigott@fhsaa.org

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2011 Meeting Schedule Click Below For Full Schedule ECFOA MEETING SCHEDULE 2011.rtf
All meetings are held at the Palm Beach County School Board and start at 7:00 PM Dates with * VARSITY CREW CHIEFS MEET AT 6:00 PM Unless otherwise noted **
Day	Date	Time	Group	Agenda
Mon.	11/14	7:00pm to 8:30pm	ELECTIONS/7 man mechanics Training	Elections

2011 NFHS Rules Changes:  Click Below 2011 NFHS Football Comments on the Rules Changes.pdf 2011 NFHS FOOTBALL RULES CHANGES.pdf Chop Block Rule Redefined in High School Football http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=4648 2011 NFHS Point of Emphasis.pdf 2010 NFHS Rules Changes: Click Below 2010 NFHS Football Rule Changes.pdf http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=3998 Concussion Guidelines:  Click Below 2009 NFHS Concussion Brochure.pdf 2010 NFHS Approved Mechanics Changes:  Click Below 2010 NFHS Mechanics Changes.pdf

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