NASO National Officiating Survey

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The National Officiating Survey is the most comprehensive survey ever completed in the history of the officiating industry with 162 questions and an approximate grand total of 6,000,000 data points. Conducted during the spring and summer of 2017, the National Officiating Survey was completed by more than 17,000 sports officials from all levels and all sports. The data presented here is available for research, study and analysis to anyone interested in the sports officiating industry. With many sets of eyes on the data, officials, administrators and all interested parties will be able to work together to come up with ideas to help the industry grow.

Guide To Using The Dashboards

Frequently Asked Questions

Media Inquiries

Research Data Access

Data Highlights

Demographics

Recruiting & Training Officials

Diversity & Inclusion

Sporting Behavior

Technology

Money

Careers & Life Outside Officiating

Family & Parenting As An Official

Officials as Coaches

Sponsored By:

The National Sports Officiating Survey was made possible by the National Association of Sports Officials and sponsored by Peopletrail.

Special thanks to Continuus Technologies for providing technical support, and to ArbiterSports and the National Federation of State High School Associations, along with the dozens of state high school associations, sports governing bodies, college conferences, leagues and associations for their efforts in distributing the survey.