Texas Association of Sports Officials

Game Assignments: Conflicts of Interest

I. An official SHALL NOT KNOWINGLY ACCEPT ASSIGNMENT OF A CONTEST if any of the following exist:

a. If there is a Chapter that makes assignments through an assignment secretary/director and the assignment did not come through the assignment secretary/director. ANY CHAPTER MEMBER GUILTY OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PROVISION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING AND WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PLAY-OFF, REGIONAL OR STATE TOURNAMENT ASSIGNMENTS.

b. If any official assigned to the contest is not a member in good standing of the appropriate division;

c. If the official or the officials spouse is employed by any school fielding a team involved in a contest;

d. If the official is related by blood or marriage as follows: (parent, grandparent, child grandchild, brother, sister, brother in law, son in law, etc.) to a person affiliated with a team involved in a contest;

e. If you have a CURRENT AFFILIATION with a UIL School, defined by you or your child currently playing on that UIL schools Soccer team (Varsity, Junior Varsity) or you being a direct employee of the school or ISD whose District Games are covered by our chapter, then you must not officiate any District Varsity Games in that school's entire UIL District;

f. If the official and any person affiliated with a team involved in a contest are former or present team mates, roommates, classmates, business associates or close personal friends;

g. If the official or the official's spouse attended or worked at either school within the last 5 years.

h. If the official has a child in school in one of the involved schools, or a child who graduated from one of the schools within the previous 5 years.

IV All of the above provisions except the provisions of I.a. & I.b. may be waived by mutual consent of the head coaches.

Arbiter Directions: Use the Team Blocks function to block ALL Teams where any of the above conflicts of interest apply.