Referee Point System

What are Referee Points?

Just as players play games to earn Game Points and move the team they are Affiliated with up in the standings, Referees and Assistant Referees officiate games to earn Referee Points and move teams they are Affiliated with up in the standings. Awards are given to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams in Fall Rec Regional Pool Competition. Teams that have Affiliated Referees and Assistant Referees assigning Referee Points to them will have a much better chance of winning an award than teams that do not.

Affiliation

Referees and Assistant Referees must be affiliated with a team in order to assign Referee Points to it. With the exception of Youth Referees officiating to award points to their own team, affiliation must be by birth or marriage.

When Used?

Referee Points are used only during Fall Rec Regional Pool Competition; they are not used during the Fall Rec Regional Playoffs or any time after that until the next Fall season starts.

3 Types of Referee Points

• Referee GAME Points are earned by Refereeing or Assistant Refereeing games in the Fall Regular Season. Post Season games do not qualify for Referee Points
• Referee ADVISOR Points are earned by advising new Referees and Assistant Referees during games. Advisors are senior referees appointed by the Regional Referee Administrator.
• Referee BONUS Points are earned by qualifying as a new referee or by obtaining a referee badge upgrade.

Values Earned

• Referee GAME Points: 1/2 point is earned for each game you Referee or Assistant Referee.
• Referee ADVISOR Points: 1/2 point is earned for each game time you work as an Advisor.
• Referee BONUS Points: 1 point is earned once you qualify as a new referee or a completed badge upgrade.

Qualifying as a New Referee

To qualify as a new referee you must have accomplished the following after the end of Fall Rec Regional Pool Competition of the previous year:

• Complete the Basic Referee Course.
• Pass the Basic Referee Course exam and receive your badge.
• Register as a Volunteer at www.eayso.org.
• Pass the Safe Haven course (on-line or at a training session).
• Referee or Assistant Referee at least four (4) games during the current Fall Rec Regional Pool Competition.

For Badge Upgrade Bonus, complete the requirements for the badge upgrade and submit the badge upgrade form to the RRA for approval.

Maximum Referee Points

Teams can accumulate a maximum of 1 Referee GAME Point per Game Week.
Teams can accumulate the following maximums per Fall Rec Regional Pool Competition:
Maximum of 8 Referee GAME Points and/or Referee ADVISOR Points.
Maximum of 2 Referee BONUS Points from either a new referee or badge upgrade
Total Max of 10 Referee Points allowed.

Game Week

A Game Week is Sunday through Saturday. The dates shown in the online Schedules are usually the last day of the Game Week because most games are played on Saturdays.

How to Ensure Points Get to a Team

Submit a 'valid' Match Report:

• Use match report form provided.
• Clearly print your 1st Initial and Last Name on the Referee's match report.
• Clearly print under or next to your name the Team Designation for the team you are assigning your 1/2 point.
• Remind the Referee to put the 'valid' match report in the Match Report Box.

NO 'valid' match report, NO points!

Team Designation

It is extremely important that you clearly understand what a Team Designation is and how to properly write it on a match report. A Team Designation is a Gender, U-Level, dash, and Team Number combined into one alphanumeric identification (i.e.: GU10-15 or BU14-8). The team number can easily be found by:

• Going to www.tustinayso.org. Click on Fall Schedules > Teams > Gender/Age (i.e.: B-10). The team number will be to the immediate right of the coach's name.
• Asking the coach.
• Looking at the listing of Team Designations that is usually posted next to the Match Report Boxes on Saturdays. For locations see Submitting Match Reports in Section 3 below.

Key Info

• Referees must sign up on the schedule in advance of the game to earn Points. Volunteering (or being recruited) at the field does not help Region 96 cover games on our fields.
• Points are earned for covering games on Tustin home fields.
• Referee GAME Points accumulated by a team over the game week maximum of 1 point cannot be carried over to a later game week or back to a previous game week.
• You may earn Referee GAME Points for more than one team, but you must be affiliated with each team you assign them to.
• A Referee GAME Point (1/2 point) may only be assigned to one team. If you want the ability to assign more Referee GAME Points to teams you are affiliated with you must Referee or Assistant Referee more games. You may Referee and Assistant Referee as many games as you want to meet all your Referee Points needs.
• Standings are usually updated with Referee Points by the Tuesday night following Saturday's games. It is the responsibility of the coach to review his team's referee points each week. Any questions as to the number of referee points earned each week must be brought to the attention of the RRA BEFORE the following Saturday.
• It is the responsibility of the individual referees to insure that a valid match report is properly submitted promptly. Late match reports will be considered, but not automatically accepted. The referee point tabulator will not chase down match reports.

Issue Resolution

Any conflict regarding referee points must first be brought to the attention of the appropriate Division Coordinator who will then follow the proper channels. Coaches are not to directly contact the referee point administrator.

Any conflict regarding the interpretation of these Referee Points Guidelines shall be resolved by the Regional Commissioner and such determination shall be binding on the parties. If the Regional Commissioner determines that any provision in these Referee Points Guidelines is unenforceable or otherwise invalid, such determination shall not affect the remainder of these Referee Points Guidelines. In lieu of declaring any provision in these Referee Points Guidelines unenforceable or invalid, the Regional Commissioner shall have the authority to modify any such provision to the extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable.

How to Become a Referee or Assistant Referee

For information on how to become a Referee or Assistant Referee visit our New Referees page, or contact the Regional Referee Administrator at RRA@tustinayso.org.