All assignors
must be registered with the N.I.S.L.
All assignors
must have conducted and passed the USSF assignors coarse.
Assignors
are assigned by the N.I.S.L. to a club, community or specific
assigned event such as the Seeding Tournament, etc.
An
assignor’s
responsibility is to provide qualified officials to all
N.I.S.L. games.
Assignors
could be for center referee only with club assignors providing
the assistant referee or assignors could have the responsibility
to provide both.
Assignors
must receive an eighty-four cancellation notice from the
home team to avoid fines.
Assignors
must only assign referees to a level of game that the official
is capable of officiating.
N.I.S.L.
Advice To Assignors
The center
official must be three years older than the age of the
youth participating in the match.
The assistant
referee must not be younger than the age of the youth participating
in the match.
Ex.
U14 Game Center referee must be 17 or older Assistant
referee must be 14 or older
Ex. U10 Game Center referee must be 13 or older Assistant referee must
be 12 or older
(Ref. Illinois House Bill 5996)
Assignors
The N.I.S.L.
requires one referee per game and two assistants (linesperson)
and will be fully enforced. Refereeing by any other system
is not allowed.
Minimum
age of officials in the N.I.S.L. is 12 years of age.
All referees
under the age of 16 are considered minors and require work
permits.
To obtain
a work permit, officials require a statement of intention
from the N.I.S.L.
The Superintendent
of Schools issues employment certificates.
Parental
approval of the officiating minor’s employment
is required as part of the work permit application
process.
Parent
or guardian of the officiating minor must be present while
the minor is officiating.
The officiating
minor is limited to three hours of work per day on school
days and four hours of work on non-school days.
The minor
may not officiate more than ten hours per week and may
not work past 9 P.M.
The officiating
minor must be at least three years older than the youth
participating in the match or someone at least 16 years
of age must be officiating at the same event.
Advice
to referees from assignors
Referee
training and certifying is an ongoing process. There is
always a lag getting the information to the assignors.
New referees and those referees who feel they are not getting
the desired number of assignments should contact the assignors
in the areas they want to work and so inform them.
Referee
should ask clubs and other entities operating in the area
where they wish to work for the name and phone number of
the local assignor. The N.I.S.L., in some divisions, require
the club to furnish their own assistant referees so contact
the club in your area.
Tell
the assignor the level of games you feel capable of officiating.
Be sure they know whether you are willing to serve as the
center referee or an assistant referee (linesperson) or
both. Make yourself available when needed. Do not turn
down games.
