ARTICLE XII

 

REFEREE

 

 

1201.  National Referees Association

 

The referees shall be affiliated with the United States Futsal Federation through the National Futsal Referees Association. The National Futsal Referees Association is composed of individual State Referees Associations, these in turn are made up from individual Chapter that service respective Leagues. One officer of the National Board of Directors of the National Referees Association shall be a voting member on the National Board of Directors of the United States Futsal Federation. Two members of the National Referees Association shall be voting members of the National Council.

 

1202.  Registration

 

Registration is mandatory for officiating either as a referee or an assistant referee at any match under the sanction and jurisdiction (direct or indirect) of the USFF.

 

1203.  Referee Registration Fees

 

Referee fees shall be set by the Referee Committee and approved by the National Board of Directors.

 

1204.  Referee Registration Card

 

Referees shall be given annual registration cards by the Federation based on their classification as determined by the National Referees Association.

 

1205.  Referee as Player Restriction

 

No referee shall officiate any division game if he is a registered player in that division. He shall neither officiate any adjacent division games.

 

 

1206.  Referee Uniform

 

The uniform is that recommended by the International Federation and United States Futsal with the USFF badge.

 

 

1207.  USFF Qualifications for International Referee

 

For referees to be considered an international referees they shall only come from the list of officials recommended by the National Futsal Referees Association.

 

 

1208. Referee Appeals

 

Referees shall follow all appeal procedures as outlined in Article VII.