WELCOME!

1. WELCOME! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

2. THANK YOU! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

3. 2013-14 • Evaluation Programs • Football • Girls volleyball • Basketball • Baseball • Softball • Basketball Evaluation Camp – 5th Annual this July • 1st Annual Football Evaluation Camp - May _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

4. 2013-14 • Jessica Lunsford Statute • Statewide badge • Sportsmanship • Student-Athlete ejections at a 10 year low! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

5. 2014-15 • Maximum allowable game fees up $5.00 • Officials Advisory Committee • Voice for Changes/Updates • New meeting times and structure • Staff Changes _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

6. 2014-15 • Goals • Evaluation Programs • Evaluations • Training • Field Clinics • Communication • Game Evaluations • FHSAA Sport Webinars • Recruitment/Retention of Officials _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

7. Sportsmanship - Ejections Procedure • Ejection • Notify coaches • Coach of ejected personnel – Brief facts • Fill out AT6 (Local association form in addition if required) • Detailed facts pertinent to the incident • No editorials • AT6 will be sent to your email if submitted • If needed, FHSAA follow up phone call or email _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

8. AT6 Form • Detailed Facts • Penalty levied based on the report • Examples • Ejection due to profanity • Student-athlete used profanity after striking out • After striking out, student-athlete walked over to my face, plate umpire, and said “……………….”. • Ejection due to “fighting” • Student-athlete was tangled up with player after the play and took a swing at him • After the whistle had blown, while on top of the player he just tackled, the student-athlete ripped of the player’s helmet and punched him in the face 3 times _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

9. AT6 Form cont. • Editorials • Leave out • Examples • “This is the worst coach I have ever seen. He should not be allowed to coach high school aged kids” • “This wrestler should not get a penalty because I felt like I had to eject him because if I didn’t the opposing coach could have caused an issue” • “I did not eject the player but my partner did. He shouldn’t have. He did not know what he was doing” • Anything about the penalty _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

10. AT6 Form cont. • Public Document • The school(s) involved will see the exact report submitted, including name of official and association. We do take out phone number and email address. • Media • Public records request _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

11. AT6 Form cont. • Follow Up • Unclear report • Seeking more details • Determining severity • Penalty • FHSAA Office only • Official enforces rule during games • Keeps official out of the follow up (conference calls with schools, parents, etc) • Consistency across the state _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

12. AT6 Form cont. • Appeals • Schools have the ability to appeal the penalty • Follow up from our office in most cases • Reduction of penalty • School actions • Incident not as severe as deemed by our office (video evidence) • Remember, our office has the ability to review video at slow speeds to see the incident. Officials have to react at full speed and only get one viewing. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

13. Officials Program _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.

14. AWARDS _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Florida High School Athletic Association… building leaders through teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship.