Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN
District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Assemblyman PAUL KANITRA
District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Matsikoudis
SYNOPSIS
Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in certain postseason games.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning interscholastic athletic programs and supplementing chapter 11 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association shall develop and adopt a policy that requires an official video and audio recording of each tournament and postseason contest conducted by the association.
b. The policy shall specify how the recording may be used to review or challenge a sports officials judgement of the playing rules. At a minimum, the policy shall:
(1) require the use of video and audio review of any sports officials determination that impacts or alters the final score or outcome of a tournament or postseason contest; and
(2) permit the use of video and audio review to:
(a) identify and determine violations of its sportsmanship policy; and
(b) ensure that disqualifications are correctly identified.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year beginning after the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) to adopt a policy on the use of instant replay in certain postseason games.
Under the bill, the NJSIAA is required to develop and adopt a policy that requires an official video and audio recording of each of each tournament and postseason contest conducted by the NJSIAA. The bill requires that the policy specify how the recording may be used during a postseason contest to review a sports officials judgement of the playing rules. At a minimum, the policy is required to:
require the use of video and audio review of any sports officials determination that impacts or alters the final score or outcome of a postseason contest; and
permit the use of video and audio review to: (1) identify and determine violations of its sportsmanship policy; and (2) ensure that disqualifications are correctly identified.