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The National Wrestling Officials Association is a service
organization, created with the endorsement and support of the
NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee and the National Wrestling Coaches
Association. The member officials provide officiating services
to universities, colleges and conferences needing NCAA-quality
officiating.
Benefits of NWOA membership:
- 1. Membership in a professional organization of wrestling
officials
- from throughout the nation.
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- 2. An organization that provides a voice in wrestling to:
- *establish & maintain uniform rules interpretation for
- wrestling officials on a national level;
- *promote development of standard officiating practices, and,
- *provide a vehicle of communication between officials, and
- between coaches and officials country-wide.
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- 3. A national organization roster for coaches to use for
assignments.
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- 4. The opportunity for its members to officiate at major
college
- tournaments, including the NCAA Championships.
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- 5. An annual membership card as well as the opoportunity
to
- purchase the following:
- a) NWOA service patches which are color-coded to indicate
- years of service as a wrestling official (5, 10, 15+ years).
- b) Amateur Wrestling News subscription at a discount price.
- c) NWOA shirts, jackets, sweatshirts, pins, and hats available
- to the membership.
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- 6. One annual meeting per year is held in conjunction with
the NCAA
- Division I Wrestling tournament
- a) Discussions on pertinent topics of officiating with other
- wrestling officials from throughout the nation.
- b) Opportunities to discuss wrestling rules and make
- recommendations for rule changes and/or clarifications.
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- 7. Members have access to our newly-developed officials home
page
- on the internet (intermatwrestle.com) linked to the NWOA
Officials
- page. This page includes articles, news items, and "Ask
the
- Experts" for rule interpretations and updates. This
page has
- already proven to be a positive addition in communicating
with our
- members and for referees to find quick answers to officiating
- questions.
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- 8. The NWOA partcipates with the NCAA in conducting an annual
- wrestling rules clinic in locations throughout the nation.
A new
- concept of a telecommunication-televised rules clinic will
be
- started this September 21st. NWOA President, Pat McCormick
- conducts these clinics.
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- 9. NWOA has had representation (NWOA President) at the NCAA
- rules committee meeting since 1974.
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- 10. NWOA has developed special programs which include the
- Officials' Evaluation Process, The Model Official, etc.
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- 11. NWOA has been active in improving the stature of the
- wrestling official. The association was instrumental in helping
- to create a special room in the National Wrestling Hall Of
Fame in
- Stillwater, Oklahoma, to honor referees. We have also been
in-
- fluential in improving the conditions for the official at
the NCAA
- Division I wrestling tournament, and the overall treatment
of the
- wrestling official.
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- 12. NWOA participates annually with the National Wrestling
Coaches
- Association (NWCA) in conducting a summer clinic. This is
also
- a site of the annual NCAA rules clinic.
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- 13. The NWOA is the "voice" of the wrestling official.
The
- organization strives to continually enhance the stature and
- knowledge base of the wrestling official.
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- NWOA annual dues: $10
- $ 7 group membership (20+)
For more information contact: Lynn
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