Baton Rouge Area Football Officials Association (BRAFOA) Overview
BRAFOA is a football officials association serving LHSAA in Louisiana. The association covers various parishes and aims to ensure the safety and fair play in high school football games. Learn about its coverage area, important figures, purpose of officials, achieving their goals, and LHSAA guidelines.
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2023 BRAFOA New Member Meeting
What Is BRAFOA? O Baton Rouge Area Football Officials Association (BRAFOA) O Services the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) in the sport of Football
BRAFOA Coverage Area O Parishes O Pointe Coupee O West Feliciana O East Feliciana O East Baton Rouge O West Baton Rouge O Iberville O Ascension O Livingston O Other schools (request/playoff assignments)
Important People O President of BRAFOA Kinsley Johnson O Vice President Jay Boe O Secretary Mike Rood O Treasurer Jay Mayfield O At Large Members Robert Combs, Adrian Daigle, & Jody Lavigne O Regional Coordinator of Officials (RCO) Louis Metevia O LHSOA President Ruthie Dugal O LHSAA Director of Officials Lee Sanders
Purpose of Officials OInterpret/Administer rules of the game OMaintain balance/flow of the game OSafety of all participants
How Do We Achieve This? O Rules Knowledge O Preseason Tuesday Rules Meetings O Rule Book/Case Book O Mechanics O Saturday Mechanics Training O Mechanics Manual O Experience O Scrimmages/Football Games/Hudl
LHSAA GUIDELINES
LHSAA Guidelines O Belong to a local association Belong to a local association O Mandatory Mandatory O LHSAA Online registration [$52] [June 19 Aug 15] O BRAFOA Online registration [$50] [June 19 Aug 7] O State Clinic (Aug 7 Aug 22) O Computerized test (Aug 21 Sept 5) O [Makeup Sep 11 Sept 19] O Certification Levels (Registered & Certified) Certification Levels (Registered & Certified) O All New Officials and Non-Certified Officials are Registered O Minimum of 2 years at Registered Level and the following to become Certified O Test Score O Camp Credit O Meeting Attendance
LHSAA Guidelines O BRAFOA Structure BRAFOA Structure O Monday Meetings (General Association) 7/10 @ 6:30PM O Tuesday Rules Classes (The Letter of the Rules) 7/5 @ 6PM O Saturday Field Sessions (The Spirit of the Rules) 7/8 @ 7AM O Breakout Sessions (Position Group) O Materials Materials O Rule Book (Provided with Registration) O Case Book (Provided with Registration) O Mechanics Manual (Online) O Study Guide (Online)
MEMBERSHIP/ ASSIGNMENTS
MEMBERSHIP Membership in general: 1. High school graduate or be twenty-one years of age. 2. A member cannot have been convicted of or plead no contest to a felony. 3. All Members must pay the membership dues 4. All Members must attend regular meetings of the Association
NEW/TRANSFER OFFICIALS A Probationary Member (a new member with or without previous football officiating experience) is accepted into the Association on a probationary status upon his/her application, registration and payment of all dues. In order to be considered a Transferred Official, that official shall present to the Executive Committee a letter of recommendation from their prior association. This letter must reflect their years of experience in that Association.
ASSIGNMENTS To be eligible for assignment of games, a member must: O Register (as new or Transfer) O Attend Preseason Trainings O Attend Meetings All LHSAA sanctioned football games are assigned by the Assignment Secretary. Members shall not accept a game assignment unless they intend to work the game, and once assigned, shall make every reasonable effort to complete the assignment.
Uniform O Cap [fitted black with white piping] O Shirt [short/long, LHSOA logo, black undershirt] O Belt black O Shoes O JV black shorts with white stripes, visible white socks O Varsity black pants with white stripes, visible black socks O Clocks Solid black BRAFOA or LHSOA shirt (jacket) replaces striped shirt
SOWG - Nylon Penalty Flag Equipment O Card/pencil [record UCF, penalties, timeouts, coin toss, change of quarters, captain numbers, etc.] O Whistle [lanyard/finger] {black} {pink Oct.} O Penalty flag O Bean bags [black] O Down indicator O Watch with COUNTDOWN timer O Clipping device
Communication Equipment O Midland Radio O Headset O AVP-1 O AVP-H3
MONEY/ EXPERIENCE/ ADVANCEMENT
PAY Regular Season O Varsity field officials O $100/$72 O Varsity clock officials O $50 O Subvarsity O TBD *as of 2023-2024 school year
Opportunities for Experience O Local Youth Football Leagues* O Middle School Football O East Baton Rouge O West Baton Rouge O Livingston Parish * not sponsors/direct affiliates of BRAFOA
How to Advance O Get to know the veterans O Monday Night Meetings O Tuesday Rules Meetings O Get Involved O Saturday Mechanics Trainings O Youth Leagues O Hard Work O Experience NETWORK! NETWORK!
Websites O BRAFOA.ORG O LHSOA.COM O LHSAA.ORG O ARBITERSPORTS.COM O BRAFOA account [game assignments] O LHSAA account [registration] O NFHS account [electronic rule book and case book] O LHSAAONLINE.ORG O Test O Sportsmanship reports O WWW.1STOPSPORTSSHOP.COM O SMITTYOFFICIALSAPPAREL.COM
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