Association of New England Football Officials (ANEFO)
Welcome to the 2020 Football Season! The Executive Board has been working very hard this offseason in providing valuable information, education and resources for our membership in an effort to make us the best officials we can be. The ANEFO’s response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is to provide you pertinent information as it is …
Are you interested in becoming a college football official? Since 1945 the Boston Chapter of the Eastern Association Intercollegiate Football Officials (“EAIFO”), has trained and promoted the very best college football officials in the country. Many of our past and present members have officiated in the NFL, BCS Championships; 1-AA, D2, and D3 National Championships; …
The 2019 ANEFO Annual Awards Banquet was held at the Irish-American Club in Malden, Massachusetts on Monday, November 25, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. This capstone season event is historically the Monday before the annual Thanksgiving Day football games. Richard Cacciatore was the master of ceremonies, and he introduced the retirees and special guests. The platters …
The Association of New England Football Officials held its annual business meeting on Monday, November 4, 2019. A well-represented, robust group of officials were in attendance. After the reading of the minutes and a discussion about old business and new business, the election was held. All candidates ran unopposed this year. The results of the …
Brian Doherty, President, and Tom Brow, Rules Interpreter, presented and discussed video clips of Massachusetts and college football games with emphasis on how the rules are different in high school games played under Federation Rules at the ANEFO Meeting on Monday, October 28, 2019. First there was a discussion about the MIAA exceptions to the …
Brian Doherty, President, and Tom Brow, Rules Interpreter, presented and discussed video clips of Massachusetts and Colorado high school football games as well as recent college football games with emphasis on how the rules are different in high school games played under Federation Rules at the ANEFO Meeting on Monday, October 21, 2019. First, Tom …
The Association of New England Football Officials held its Centennial Celebration (1919-2019) on September 23, 2019 at MIXX360 in Malden. Brian Doherty, President, offered the following Centennial Message: “Welcome to the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the ANEFO. The dedication we have shown over the many years to the game of football, the players, the coaches, …
Brian Doherty, President, and Tom Brow, Rules Interpreter, presented and discussed two video clips of recent college football games with emphasis on how the rules are different in high school federation games at the ANEFO Meeting on Monday, October 7, 2019. The first video clip titled “Fox Sports NCAA Week 4 with Mike Pereira” highlighted: …
President Brian Doherty introduced Eugene Borgonzi as the guest speaker at a meeting of the ANEFO on September 30, 2019. Eugene’s topic involved conduct of players and non-players including: helping the runner, illegal use of hands and holding, illegal blocking, illegal personal contact, non-contact unsportsmanlike fouls by players, illegal participation, illegal kicking and batting, and …
President Brian Doherty introduced Ed Dubish as the guest speaker at a meeting of the ANEFO on September 16, 2019. Ed’s topic involved aspects of the passing game including: the passer, simultaneous catch, forward pass, backward pass, legal and illegal passes, eligibility, ineligibles downfield, illegal touching, DPI, OPI, and roughing the passer. Next, Tom Brow, …
