{"id":3503,"date":"2024-08-14T13:24:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsengine-develop.go-vip.net\/epysa\/?page_id=3503"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T17:23:43","slug":"referees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sportsengine-develop.go-vip.net\/epysa\/referees\/","title":{"rendered":"Referees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:85px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-theme-secondary-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"referees-1\"><strong>Referees<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c8f3f4b67e0528961876817602a00757\" id=\"referees\"><strong>Referees<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">For all questions about referees, referee courses or recertification, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/epsarc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPSARC.org<\/a>&nbsp;or email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:syra@epsarc.org\">syra@epsarc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1a94004dd1a1bbafeea25e5f025c1aab\" id=\"referees\"><strong>How to Become a Referee<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>1. 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