The 2010 NISOA Comparative Rules Guide (pdf) is now available in the Forms section of the web site or for direct download here.

This guide is not an all-inclusive listing of each difference between the sets of Rules and Laws, but rather only lists the more important differences where such differences exist.  Many technical and administrative rules such as player eligibility and accumulated cautions do not generally and directly concern the referee but rather the match administrators and have therefore been omitted from this study.

The guide has been designed by the author for easy reference and many officials have carried this guide in their kit or in their cars for quick review prior to a match.  It is also useful as a teaching aid for NISOA entry level and in-service clinics. Changes for the year are shown in italics for easy reference.