Referee: Encyclopedia II - Referee - Examples

Referee - Examples

Referee - American football

Main article: Official (American football)

An American football referee is responsible for the general supervision of the game and has the final authority on all rulings. He is assisted by six other officials on the field.

Referee - Association football

Main article: Referee (football)

An association football (soccer) match is presided over by a referee, whom the Laws of the Game give "full authority to enforce the Laws of the Game in connection with the match to which he has been appointed" (Law 5). The referee is assisted by two assistant referees, and sometimes also by a fourth official.

Referee - Basketball

A basketball referee is the highest official in a game. He is assisted by either one or two umpires, although umpires are generally accepted to have the same authority as the referee and therefore they are collectively known as the officials or sometimes, misleadingly, the referees.

Referee - Boxing

Main article: Referee (boxing)

Referee - Cricket

Main article: Match referee

In cricket, the match referee is an off-field official who makes judgements concerning the reputable conduct of the game and hands out penalties for breaches of the ICC Cricket Code of Conduct. On-field decisions relevant to the play and outcome of the game itself are handled solely by on-field umpires.

Referee - Ice hockey

Main article: Official (ice hockey)

Games of ice hockey are presided over by on-ice referees, who are generally assisted by on-ice linesmen. The combination of officials used may vary from league-to-league.

Referee - Rugby union and Rugby league

Both codes of rugby football are controlled by an onfield referee assisted by two touch judges, and often, a video referee

Referee - Tennis

A tennis referee is an off-court official.

Referee - Wrestling Amateur

The international styles of sport wrestling use a three-official system in which a referee conducts the action in the center of the mat while a judge and a mat chairman remain seated and evaluate the action from their stationary vantage points.

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