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QUIZ ANSWERS

BASKETBALL 1 — NFHS – c (10-2-2, 10.2.2); NCAAM – d (10-2.6, AR 279); NCAAW – d (10-12.2.f, AR 330) 2 — All – d (NFHS 2-8-1, 2.8.1; NCAAM 10.2.8, AR 281; NCAAW 10-12.2.h, AR 332) 3 — All – b (NFHS 5-10; NCAAM/W 5-12)

BASEBALL 1 — All – c (NFHS 7-4-1f; NCAA 2-51, 8-5q; pro 6.01b) 2 — All – a (NFHS 8-3-5; NCAA 8-3o3 Note 1; pro 5.06b4G) 3 — All – b (NFHS 8-3-5; NCAA 8-3o3 Note 1; pro 5.06b4G) 4 — NFHS – c (2-4-3); NCAA, pro – d (NCAA 2-7, 8-2b; pro Base on Balls Definition)

SOFTBALL 1 — NFHS, USSSA – b (NFHS 7-3-1 Eff. 2, 7.3.1B; USSSA 7-8 Note 2); NCAA, USA Softball – c (NCAA 11.2.2 Eff.; USA Softball 7-3f Eff.)

2 — NFHS, NCAA, USA Softball

– a (NFHS 8-4-1g; NCAA 12.12.6.4 Eff., USA Softball 8-4g); USSSA – b (AR 350 and Interp.)

3 — NFHS, USA Softball, USSSA

– b (NFHS 6-3-2 Pen.; USA Softball 7-5g; USSSA 6-2b Pen.); NCAA – c (10.16 Eff.) 4 — NFHS – b (3-1-3 Pen.); NCAA – c (5.7 Note 1); USA Softball, USSSA – a (USA Softball 4-1a-2; USSSA 5-1c)

FOOTBALL 1 — Both – b (NFHS 9-2-3c, 9.2.3B; NCAA 9-3-4d) 2 — Both – d (NFHS 4-2-2e-2; NCAA 4-1-3f) 3 — Both – b (NFHS 6-1-10, 6.1.9A; NCAA 6-2-2, AR 6-2-2-IV) 4 — NFHS – a (7-1-7c) ; NCAA – d (2-27-4b and c, 7-1-2b) 5 — Both – a (NFHS 3-4-2, 5-13d; NCAA 3-3-2e-1)

VOLLEYBALL 1 — All – a (NFHS 5-8-3a Note; NCAA 19.3.9; USAV 24.2.3) 2 — All – e (NFHS 12-2-9h Pen. 1b; NCAA 6.1.2.2; USAV 21.2.1, 21.3.1) 3 — NFHS – a (2-1-5); NCAA – b (1.2.2.3); USAV – c (1.3.4)

SOCCER 1 — NFHS – b (4-1-1a); NCAA, IFAB – a (NCAA 4.1.8; IFAB 4.3) 2 — All – b (NFHS 12-2b, 12.2A; NCAA 12.1.7.3.3; IFAB 12.1) 3 — All – a (NFHS 16-1-2a; NCAA 16.2.2; IFAB 16.1) 4 — All – a (NFHS 11-1-1a; NCAA 11.1; IFAB 11.1) 5 — All – c (NFHS 12-8-2a; NCAA 12.7.4.9; IFAB 12.3)

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Referee is a magazine written from an officiating perspective, blending editorial credibility and business viability. It educates, challenges and inspires officials at the youth, recreational, high school, collegiate and professional levels in all sports, with an emphasis on baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball and volleyball. Referee is the journal of record for officiating and takes informed positions on selected issues. The magazine provides a forum for its readers, facilitates the flow of information, raises public consciousness about officials’ roles and serves as a catalyst for improved officiating worldwide.

SEPTEMBER FLASHBACK

40 YEARS AGO … 1982

•The NBA names Scotty Stirling, former assistant to the president of the Golden State Warriors, as the league’s vice president of operations, replacing Joe Axelson. The league’s officiating division is one of Stirling’s areas of responsibility.

30 YEARS AGO … 1992

•Three new regional supervisors join the NCAA National Umpire Program, working under national coordinator Jon Bible. The new hires — Jim Garman, Bob Nelson and Ken Eldridge — were each chosen to serve three-year terms, joining the remaining six supervisors and Bible for oversight of NCAA baseball umpires.

20 YEARS AGO … 2002

• Herm Rohrig, former Big Ten Conference supervisor of basketball and football officials, dies at 84. Rohrig played football at Nebraska and spent three years in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers before turning to officiating. He officiated football in the Big Eight Conference and the NFL, and worked basketball for 13 years, including four Nebraska state high school tournaments and two NAIA national championship games. He supervised the Big Ten basketball and football officials from 1968-83.

10 YEARS AGO … 2012

•The NFLRA, the union that represents NFL officials, files an unfair labor practices complaint against the league. The union claimed the NFL violated the National Labor Relations Act by sending two letters to lockedout officials that “contained inaccurate, false and incomplete information” in an effort to “undermine” support.