Officials

In this week's edition, assistant director Mark Uyl explains that coaches are responsible for making sure their players are properly equipped.

In this week's edition, assistant director Mark Uyl emphasizes the important role played by mentors in retaining high school officials. 

In this week's edition, assistant director Mark Uyl discusses some of the misunderstandings that arise when a basketball player dives for and gains possession of a loose ball.

In this week's edition, assistant director Mark Uyl explains the how wrestlers' weights are monitored, an important part of making the sport safe for all who take the mat.

In this week's edition, assistant director Mark Uyl discusses the penalties that come with a player or coach ejection.

In this week's edition, assistant director Mark Uyl explains why pass interference is the toughest call for our football officials to make.

In this week's edition, assistant director Mark Uyl explains when hurdling a defender is and isn't allowed in football.

In this week's edition, assistant director Mark Uyl explains how a recently completed national survey will assist in the recruitment of officials.

In this week's edition, assistant director Mark Uyl discusses a recent football rules change geared to improve safety in situations after a player's helmet comes off during play.

In this week's edition, assistant director Mark Uyl explains a pair of rules that govern the football goal line when the defense gets the ball.

In this week's edition, assistant director Mark Uyl explains the minimal costs of becoming an official and how the MHSAA further helps those signing up for the first time by the waiving registration fee.

A 32-second response by emergency medical technicians was the difference in life or death for 68-year-old Willie Watson, who was spared from becoming another victim of sudden cardiac arrest. Watson, a 38-year official for the MHSAA, collapsed in the tunnel near the off...

In this week's edition, MHSAA assistant director Mark Uyl talks about one of our prized recruiting targets when it comes to pursuing new officials. 

In this week's edition, MHSAA assistant director Mark Uyl reviews a pair of football kicking rules that are among the most misunderstood at the high school level.

This week, MHSAA assistant director Mark Uyl explains how football officials also prepare all week for Friday's big games, while lending their talents to various levels every weekend.

This week, MHSAA assistant director Mark Uyl relays a quick story of how a retired NFL official stepped in to give a pair of junior varsity teams a chance to play another game this season.

This week, MHSAA assistant director Mark Uyl discusses a few final football rules in the final of a three-part series on changes in the sport for this fall.

This week, "Be the Referee" with MHSAA assistant director Mark Uyl explains an onside kicking technique no longer allowed as the second of a three-part series on football rules changes for 2017.

This week, "Be the Referee" returns with the first of a three-part series on football rules changes for 2017, this one on blindside blocking. 

Officials calls are final; and living with the outcome is one of the valuable lessons we try to teach and learn in school-based sports.