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Officiating Football in the hot July summer? You betcha! I had the opportunity to share the field with some good friends a few weeks ago. We officiated a local semi-pro team’s game who belong to the Mid Continental Football League.

Football Officials Training 101: Download the following PowerPoint presentation which discusses upcoming NCAA rule changes in effect for the 2010 season.

I attended a sales skills seminar for work a few days ago and the speaker shared this video with us. I thought it was not only interesting but had applications to football officiating. How do you practice? Who is your Coach? What Level is your Concentration?

Calling all college and high school football officials.

by Rogers Redding

One of football officiaiting most confusing penalties is pass interferenece. Fans often ask questions about the penalty for pass interference. It can be confusing when the referee sometime announces that “the penalty is fifteen yards from the previous spot” and other times he says “first down at the spot of the foul.”

Let’s start with the simple things. When the foul is for offensive pass interference, it’s easy: the penalty is fifteen yards from where the ball was snapped (officials call this the “previous spot”) and the number of the down stays the same. But for pass interference by the defensive team, then things are more complicated. Here’s the story.