All timekeepers, judges and referees for contests and exhibitions shall be appointed by the commission. All ring officials shall be approved by the commission. The number of ring officials required to be in attendance, or the substitution of ring officials for any reason at any time is solely within the power and discretion of the commission. All ring officials shall be compensated and provided with travel and meal reimbursement in such amounts and in such a manner as directed or otherwise approved by the commission. The commission shall determine the amount of the compensation and reimbursements of ring officials in accordance with reason and equity in the circumstances of the respective contests and exhibitions to which they shall be appointed. Ring officials appointed by the commission who are ready, willing and able to perform their assigned duties at any scheduled contest or exhibition, as determined by the commission, shall be entitled to compensation in an amount determined by the commission irrespective of whether such officials actually perform their assigned duties at such scheduled contest or exhibition. Compensation due ring officials shall be paid in full in each case by the promoter through the commission. The promoter of an event shall be given notice of the judges that are selected by the commission for assignment to judge at each contest at that event. Promoters shall be responsible for providing such information to all combatants and their managers participating in the promoter’s event. Any participant or his or her manager may protest the prospective assignment of a judge to their contest by a writing delivered to the commission office, and the participant or manager may be heard in writing by the commission or its designee if such protest is received by the commission within three days of the commission’s service of notice to the promoter of record. If the protest is untimely it shall be summarily rejected.