ArbiterSports
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|founded = Salt Lake City, Utah April 8, 1984 (Advanced Business Technology)
1984 (The Arbiter) 2009 (ArbiterSports)
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|type = Private
|status = LLC
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|headquarters = Sandy, Utah
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|leader_title = CEO
|leader_name = Kyle Ford
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Arbiter (formerly ArbiterSports) is a sports and school activity management software company that provides scheduling, registration, payment, and eligibility solutions for athletic departments, school districts, and officiating organizations. The company is based in Sandy, Utah.
In 2025, the company [https://prn.to/3DomFCW rebranded from ArbiterSports to Arbiter] to reflect its expanded role beyond officiating technology.
History
The Arbiter assigning system was created in 1984 by Advanced Business Technology, at the request of the Utah High School Activities Association, who hired ABT to build a computerized method of assigning sports officials to matches and managing their assignments. Known as TheArbiter, the software was originally released on the MS-DOS platform, then for Microsoft Windows in 1997. Arbiter was released as a web application in 2003, known as TheArbiter.NET.Referee Magazine, February 2004 Dave Yeast, former National Coordinator of Baseball Umpires for the NCAA, has served as the firm's vice president of officiating education.{{Cite web|url=https://wacsports.com/information/directory/bios/daveyeast?view=bio|title = Western Athletic Conference}}
Acquisition by the NCAA
Arbiter was acquired by the NCAA in September 2008.[http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/PressArchive/2008/Announcements/20080925_arbiter_eso_officiating_rls.html NCAA.org - NCAA Invests in Largest Officiating Management Organizations in Amateur Sports]Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Daily, September 26, 2008Deseret News, page B2, January 24, 2009 The NCAA said their purpose in the acquisition, along with their acquisition of {{proper name|eOfficials}} LLC the same month, was to improve the quality and consistency of officiating at all levels of play.[http://www.mndaily.com/2008/10/13/ncaa-invests-officiating-companies NCAA invests in officiating companies]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2020 data breach
Arbiter experienced a data breach in 2020 and was charged with a class action lawsuit. The court did not favor any decisions and a settlement was reached upon by all the parties involved for $26 million USD in 2021.{{cite web |title=ArbiterSports Data Breach Settlement 2021 |date=8 September 2021|url=https://considertheconsumer.com/class-action-settlements/arbitersports-data-breach-settlement-2021-claim-up-to-5000-now}}
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External links
- [https://www.arbiter.io/ Arbiter webpage]
- [https://www.arbiterlive.com/ ArbiterLive Game Schedules]
- [https://www.arbiterpay.com/ ArbiterPay - pay officials and event-workers]
Category:Sports officiating technology