New Board is Seated after the 2024 USAFLUA Annual General Meeting

During the 2024 USAFL Umpires Association Annual General Meeting (AGM), new board members were elected for a two year term: Jeff Persson - President Tara Miller - Secretary Mark Gall - Member at Large #1 Daniel Estes - Member at Large #2 Congratulations to Jeff, Tara, Mark, and Daniel!   2024-2025 ... More

2024 USAFLUA Accreditations Awarded

Congratulations are in order!  The following umpires earned accreditation this year at the Eastern/Central Super Regional, the Western Regional, or the USAFL Nationals Tournament. Accreditation is a process and these umpires have shown not only the dedication to the profession of AFL umpiring, but the commitment to ... More

USAFLUA Pre-Nationals Umpire Clinic – Monday September 16 – 8PM Eastern

USAFLUA Pre-Nationals Umpire Clinic - Monday, September 16 - 8PM Eastern The final USAFL Umpires Association virtual clinic of the year will be held on Monday, September 16th, 2024 at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific. We will feature our usual general session during the clinic, with special breakout sessions for Field, Goal, ... More

USAFLUA President’s Update – August 26, 2024

USAFL UA Umpires! Greetings from your board and we hope everyone is enjoying the second half of the season. Hard to believe that it is only two months until Nationals, but as of right now, we are in full swing getting prepared. We anticipate that the event in Austin, TX will be the same size as last year's in ... More

2024 USAFL Nationals Umpire Availability Survey – Come Umpire Footy with Us in Austin!

It's that time again... NATIONALS!! https://usafl.com/nationals/2024 Austin, Texas - 11-13OCT24 Please take a few minutes to complete the Sign Up form. If you know you won't attend, please complete this anyway so I know that you have responded. I won't bug anyone again until the end of August. If ... More

2024 AFL/USAFL RULE CHANGES AND INTERPRETATIONS – SUMMARY CHART

The latest USAFL Rule Changes and Interpretations can be found below and at: 2024 AFL-USAFL Rules and Interpretations Summary Chart MAY 24 Update   AFL/USAFL RULE CHANGES AND INTERPRETATIONS – SUMMARY CHART   Year AFL Rule/Interpretation USAFL Explanation and Rationale 2024 Smothering ... More

2024 USAFL Regionals – Umpire Availability Survey

We at the USAFL UA HQ hope everyone is enjoying their 2024 and having a great start to the footy season. As always, the USAFL is having its Regional Tournaments as the main prelude to the National Championships. And as always, we are tasked with staffing these games.   To make this ... More

New 2024 Requirement – Completed IRS W9 for all umpire payments from the USAFL

The United States Australian Football League (USAFL) has implemented some process changes League-wide to the way payments are made throuout the year, including payments being made to umpires. These changes have been implemented to ensure that the League remains compliant with US Federal and IRS regulations. In order for ... More

The next USAFLUA Virtual Clinic – May 7, 2024 @ 8PM Eastern

USAFL Umpire Virtual Clinic Accreditation Update; New USAFL Rules; Interactive Field and Goal Umpire Positioning We hope everyone has had a chance to review (and re-review) the Umpire Virtual Clinic #1 where we covered Match Management. Now we are offering the next installment of the 2024 Umpire Virtual Clinic series, ... More

2023 USAFL Nationals Umpiring Signups

It is that time again! The 2023 USAFL Nationals is now seven weeks away and we need to know what your plans are so that we can prepare for another incredible weekend. Please respond by completing the survey by SEPTEMBER 1st (Friday). If you know you can't make it, please respond that way so we don't bug you later. If you ... More