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A Letter To All Collegiate Interests

It is with deep regret and personal sadness that I must inform all collegiate staff that SICOA will not be servicing any collegiate programs in 2010.
This decision was not ours. Our schools decided to use the Gulf Atlantic Collegiate Officials Association, based in Jacksonville Florida.. Basically the developments and circumstances involving another group’s intentions to service our schools was too much aggravation and hassle for the schools to continue any type of business relationship in 2010.
This entire month long debacle is truly unfortunate. However, SICOA has never had any issue with any school or the collegiate officiating staff. Those that worked to alienate our collegiate program will be held accountable. I can assure you of that.

We have serviced NAIA schools for seven years. No one believed that it would end up this way. No one felt our future in collegiate athletics was ever in jeopardy until recently. I wish to thank all of you that gave your years of experience, time and dedication to us. For those of you that are fortunate to work with the GACOA, I wish you the best of luck in your future collegiate careers. To those that do not, consider why and what got us to this point of a program that was successful and then crumbled in a few short months.

We will retain all of our memberships and affiliations for 2010. Regrouping and reorganizing does not seem to be an option at this time. But the board of directors will explore all options for the future which serves the best interest of all concerned.

Any official that would like to speak further on this matter, please feel free to contact me.

John Walters
Supervisor of Officials

johnw@sicoaofficials.com

SICOA ALUMINI

Aaron West, (Centennial Conference)

Mark Kelsay (SEC & Gulf South),

John Hoffman (MEAC),

Troy Riley (ACC).
Alex Moore (SWAC Supplemental)
Darren Crawford (SWAC Supplemental)

> 2010 application form may be found on the home page

In order to be considered for membership, each applicant must have met or exceeded the following:

1.) A minimum of seven (7) documented years of varsity high school experience with at least two years

of playoff / championship experience.

2.) A letter of recommendation from a collegite official, either active or retired, that will attest to your officiating ability and experience.

3.) Completion and submission of a medical clearance form

4.) Attendance at the 2010 SICOA summer workshop, study sessions and meetings

5.) Participation in spring and fall collegiate scrimmages

6.) Satisfactory score on the 2010 CCA examination

7.) Affirmation from the board of directors of the collegiate group

This completed form shall be mailed to John Walters, Supervisor of Officials. No fee is required.

Important Note : All new applicants submitting the registration form above will not automatically be approved �into SICOA membership. After submitting the SICOA registration form, new applicants must be subsequently approved for membership by the the SICOA Supervisor of Officials. This includes attendance at all SICOA training and workshop sessions, participation in collegiate scrimmages and a satisfactory grade on the CCA examination.