National Wrestling Officials Association Meeting Minutes

St. Louis, Missouri

March 21, 2009

 

 

The meeting was called to order by NWOA President, Pat McCormick at 2:45 P.M.

 

Pat welcomed everyone and introduced himself, Pat Fitzgerald-Vice President & Lynn Dyche-Secretary/Treasurer.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

 

1. Website articles are needed.  Many that now appear on the website are old and we

need some new articles submitted by our members.

 

2. Future NCAA Division I Tournament Sites:

         2010 – Omaha, Nebraska

         2011 -  Philadelphia, PA

         2012 -  St. Louis, MO

 

3. There is a great deal of support from the coaches and officials to keep St. Louis

as the permanent tournament site.  A convenient site for many.

 

4. Dave Frisch retired in 2008 and received the Golden Whistle Award.

 

5.   Protests:  The coach must submit $100 when filing a protest.  It is returned to the

      coach if the protest is upheld.

 

5. Wrestler grooming was discussed and Pat mentioned that the rule penalizing the

coach if his wrestler were not groomed properly has been removed.

 

6. Pat mentioned that rule changes will only occur every two years.  Therefore, the

2009/10 rule book will carry through until 2011.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

1. Treasurers’ Report:  Lynn indicated that there is $4100 in the checking account

The report was later approved, thanks to Hugh Daley.

 

2. Pat announced that Chuck Yagla is now the assigner of officials for the Big-10

and Big-12 Conferences.

 

3. Johnnie Johnson, photographer who has taken many photos of officials for our

NWOA Website was presented with a special NWOA bag by Lynn Dyche.

 

 

4. Pat introduced two retiring officials: Jim Ramirez & David Hickson and presented

them with the “Golden Whistle” Award. 

 

5. The “In Person” Clinic was discussed and Pat mentioned the importance of an

“Eye Ball to Eye Ball” clinic and that all officials would have to attend one of these clinics once every three years and that the clinic will be moved to various

sites to accommodate as many officials as possible.  These clinics offer more

opportunities for question & answer sessions.

 

6. The Website was discussed and the need for more video clips was mentioned.

A form is used by the evaluators and others to indicate match situations during

the tournament that might be used in the video presentation on “tough calls”.

 

7. Pat mentioned that many of the major duals, especially in the Big-10 and Big-12

Conferences are using an assistant referee.

 

8. NCAA Division I ticket prices for 2010 have been increased.  The NWOA

allocation of tickets now cost $170 per ticket which includes postage & handling.

 

9. Pat Fitzgerald reported that anyone interested in purchasing a NWOA ring should

Contact him.  Information about the ring is on the NWOA website.

 

10. The suggestion was made to have rules clinics at the Division 2 and Division 3

tournaments.  Also with another increase in ticket costs ($255 to $270 for NWOA

tickets) it is recommended that the officials at NCAA qualifying and finals tournament receive a pay increase.  Also, evaluators should receive transportation

costs to the NCAA D1 Championships.

 

The meeting was adjourned by NWOA President, Pat McCormick at 3:30 PM.

 

Respectfully Submitted

 

Lynn Dyche-NWOA Secretary.