Conflict of Interest Policy
Game Assignments: Conflict of Interest
I. An official SHALL
NOT KNOWINGLY ACCEPT ASSIGNMENT OF A CONTEST if any of the following exist:
a. If an official
assigned to the contest is not a member in good standing with the Abilene
Basketball Chapter (UIL).
b. If the official or the official’s spouse
is employed by any school fielding a team involved in a contest.
c. If the
official is related by blood or marriage
as follows: (parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, brother in
law, son in law, etc…) to a person affiliated with a team involved in a
contest.
d. If the
official and any person affiliated with a team involved in a contest are former or present team mates, roommates,
classmates, business associates or close personal friends.
e. If the
official or the official’s spouse
attended or worked at either school within the last 5 years.
f. If the official has a child in school in one
of the involved schools, or a child who
graduated from one of the schools within the previous 5 years.
II. An
official must advise the assignment secretary in writing of all known conflicts
of interest with schools normally served by this chapter prior to any
assignments for the season.
III. It shall be a violation of the Officials
Code of Ethics for an official to work a contest in violation of these
provisions, and an official violating these provisions may be placed on
probation, fined, suspended or terminated from membership.