PROFESSIONALISM

Professionalism-the conduct,aims or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person.

OFFICIATING COMPETITIVE CHEER

Judges of Competitive Cheer are required to wear a white blouse/shirt or top and black skirt or dress slacks. Any additional garments such as a blazer shall be BLACK. Judges must wear their MHSAA OFFICIALS Emblem in the area of the left pocket of the blouse or jacket/blazer or on a lanyard worn around the neck.

Prior to judging any Competitive Cheer event, a judge must register with the MHSAA for the current year and be able to identify herself/himself with an MHSAA ID number.It is recommended that at least two safety judges and three judges be contracted for a meet.

MCJA has received many phone calls from Athletic Directors, Meet Directors and Officials on officials not showing up for contracted meets. Remember if you sign a contract for a meet you are expected to officiate. If you have an emergency arrive it is your responsibility to try to find a replacement and also to notify the Athletic Director of your replacement. IF you are unable to find a replacement you still need to notify the Athletic Director. Remember the teams are counting on you to officiate. It is not proper to sign a contract, and then have a better offer for the same day and not honor the original contract. We realize emergencies and employment changes occur, but please try to find a replacement and notify the school as soon as possible. When replacing an official at an event it is a good idea to call the school and let them know who you are replacing so they are not surprised when you arrive to judge. Remember if you are directly affiliated with a team or have coached within the last 12 to 18 months in a certain division it is probably not ethical to judge those schools.

MCJA takes pride in training officials and we want our officials to be known as professional. I would personally like to thank all of the officials for the amount of time you spend in the sport of Competitive Cheer.

Thank You,Candy Cox

MCJA President

SAFETY QUESTIONS/ISSUES

*coaches do NOT have to fax in penalty sheets prior to the meet

* "student" coaches can be in the coaches box- but no more than 3 people in the box

*Round 2- Precision drill-staggered lines can be in any formation in 2(3) lines where every girl can be seen, they do not have to be equal lines, there can be gaps etc.

*collapsed skills-do not give penalties unless they meet the description on pg. 15 in the manual. An early bail out/fall from an extension to a cradle IS NOT a collapsed stunt.

MORE INFO WILL BE POSTED FOLLOWING THE BREAK- OUT SESSIONS, JAN.21