RBJSL GAME DAY RESPONSIBILITIES
PRE-GAME THROUGH FINAL WHISTLE AT A GLANCE
  • Arrive 30 minutes before the game
  • Take 15 minutes to walk the field, checking corner flag and net condition and placement
  • Have a pre-game conference with your ARs or club linesmen
  • Collect your game fee
  • Get a game ball from the home team coach.  Check its condition and pressure.
  • 15 minutes before the game, begin the check-in procedure (see below)
  • 2-3 minutes before the game, do the coin toss
  • Start the game
  • Submit a game report, using GameOfficials
  • Submit an Incident Report (Supplemental) if any of these occur:
    • caution issued
    • send-off issued
    • coach dismissed
    • fan dismissed
    • serious injury
OFFICIAL ROSTER
  • The coach will give you an Official Roster
  • Look for markings that show it is official.  It has to have a red EPYSA stamp and a Registrar's signature.
    • Jim Christian's signature - if primary league registration is with RBJSL
    • William Beard's signature - if primary league registration is with LANCO
  • Check in players in the "legal" section of the roster. (only they can play)
  • Match roster jersey numbers with the player's jersey number
    • If it doesn't match, you have leeway on how to handle it.  At a minimum, note differences in your game report
  • Cross off players who are not at the game or who are there but are not playing that day

RBJSL policy is to not play the game if the coach cannot produce an Official Roster with the EPYSA stamp and a Registrar's signature on it.  The common signatures are Jim Christian (RBJSL) and William Beard (LANCO).  
  • If you do not play the game, do the following:
    • call Bob Geyer immediately and report what happened.
    • in your game report
      • report why the game was not started
      • document the score as 99-99
      • send Bob Geyer a scan or picture of the improper roster
    • staple the rosters you received to your game note sheet and KEEP THEM FOR AT LEAST A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE END OF THE SEASON.
  • DO NOT take any fees from the teams.  RBJSL will pay you your full fee.
Official EPYSA Roster
Picture
Two Examples of Unacceptable Rosters

DIGITAL PASS DECK
  • Watch the coach log into a web app that has a digital record of the coaches he can have in the bench area and the players he can play.   
  • Let the coach handle the device being used to show you the digital pass deck.  Don't touch it.  
  • Look for markings that show they are official.  They are a red EPYSA stamp and Jim Christian’s signature. 
  • Check that the pass info matches the roster info
  • Players or coaches that are not in the digital pass deck cannot play, even if they are on the roster
    • Why?  Because the RBJSL Registrar, Jim Christian, has the ability to remove a coach or player from the digital deck at any time.  So, although the player is a legal player, from the roster's standpoint, there may have been an incident, such as a sendoff, that has caused the league to remove the player from the deck and being able to play your game.  
  • If you have a coach trying to get a player into the game that is not in the digital deck, note it on your game report and an Incident (Supplemental) report, along with the name and number of the player.  
  • PLEASE NOTE - the coach moves through the digital passes by TAPPING on arrows in the bottom left corner of the pass. 
    • A SWIPING motion should be a red flag that the coach is possibly showing you downloaded pictures of the passes and not the live digital deck. 
    • If you think that is happening, ask the coach to swipe the pass an area anywhere on the pass that is not over the arrows.  If that advances the pictures, the coach is trying to pull a fast one.  Only tapping or poking at the arrows should work.
RBJSL policy is to not play the game if a coach will not show you the live digital deck.
  • If you do not play the game, do the following:
    • call Bob Geyer immediately and report what happened.
    • in your game report
      • report why the game was not started
      • document the score as 99-99
  • DO NOT take any fees from the teams.  RBJSL will pay you your full fee.
Referee’s Instructions
RBJSL follows the FIFA Laws of the game with the exceptions below:
  1. Unlimited substitution by either team.
  2. Throw-in (Piggyback) substitution – U11 and older.  The team NOT in possesion (opposing team) of the throw-in may substitute only if the team taking the throw-in is substituting and the players from the opposing team are at the midfield before the ball went out of play.
  3. 09/10 games
    1. Substitution on ANY stoppage of play by either team
    2. Build Out Line laws of the game enforced.  Copy the following address into your browser:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ92KfiIwok
    3. 7v7
    4. No intentional heading allowed.  Restart is an indirect free kick from the spot of the infringement.  If the infringement occurs in the goal box the ball is placed on the goal area line parrallel to the goal line at the point nearest to where the infringement occured.
  4. U11 Games
    1. No intentional heading allowed. Restart is an indirect free kick from the spot of the infringement .  If the infringement occurs in the goal box the ball is placed on the goal area line parrallel to the goal line at the point nearest to where the infringement occured.
    2. 9v9 (U11 & U12)
  5. Referee will check player passes and coaches passes using the digital on-line passes.
  6. Coaches will give a copy of the Official Team Roster to the Referee, prior to game.  The Referee will use it during check-in to cross-check with the digital on-line pass information and player jersey numbers.  
  7. Coaches pay half the referee fees
  8. Referee will confirm game score with coaches if asked