Section 657.088 - Employment; certain sports officiating services excluded; exceptions(1) As used in this chapter, "employment" does not include officiating services performed by individuals in recreational, interscholastic or intercollegiate sporting events or contests.(2) As used in this section: (a) "Officiating services" means overseeing the play of a sporting event or contest, judging whether the rules are being followed and penalizing participants for infringing the rules.(b) "Sporting event or contest" means any sporting competition in which the participants are not professional athletes or contestants or are not remunerated for their participation.(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to officiating services performed for: (a) A nonprofit employing unit;(c) A political subdivision of this state; or