To help promote the proper balance of professionalism and sportsmanship, the HWSBL Commissioners and Referee/Assigner of Officials have agreed to the following guidelines:
1. Officials:
• Are members of and follow the officiating, standards, quality, and training of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials, Inc. (IAABO)
• Are aggressive enough with foul calls so that 1-2 Players per game may typically be ejected for personal fouls (appropriately aggressive foul calling is expected to continue through the end of the last game).
• Are aggressive enough with technical foul calls early in a game to help maintain control - especially in the case of any rough play, use of any language bordering on foul or abusive language, or any overly lengthy discussion with (e.g. back talk from) Players - in recognition 2 technical fouls result in a Player’s ejection and a 1-game suspension.
• Will require any Player called for a flagrant foul to leave the facility within a reasonable time and will halt the game until such player departs (failure of an ejected Player to depart results in a forfeit).
• Will assess Players out of uniform with both a 2-shot technical foul and a personal foul.
2. Timers:
• Set the clock to 10 minutes for every break between the games.
• Start the final game no earlier than 8:30 PM.
• Allow a full half-time break of 5 minutes for every game.
• Track and signal violations of the 30-second shot clock when applicable.
• Keep everyone abreast of key factors while carrying out timing duties.
3. Scorers:
• Record, in numerical order, the names and numbers of all Players.
• Record field goals made and free throws made and missed.
• Keep a running summary of points scored.
• Record fouls called on each player and notify Officials when a Player disqualification or bonus-free-throw situation occurs.
• Record Timeouts and report when a Team’s allotted number of Timeouts has been used.
• Record when a Player has been ejected for technical fouls.
• Record the names of all Officials that work each game.