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Originally Posted by john5396
Under NFHS rules, the officials have administrative jurisdiction till they leave the school grounds. So if the official observes unsporting behavior after the official conclusion of the match as SCSC indicated, officials can and should report the behavior to the state office. This is to allow reporting of incidents after the match is officially over, like in Baseball where we often stop in the parking lot to remove equipment, etc., some parent, coach or player wants to vent after the game, the state office can impose sanctions.
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I have only faced this situation once in volleyball. I go by the idea that the match is going until the official signs the official score sheet. Up until the score sheet is signed.
The last part of rule 5-4e states that match becomes official when the score sheet is signed and after that point no changes to the score shall be permitted.
There are two possible implications to this and why sanctions could still be issued up to this point. First, what if the score is actually incorrect, and instead of being 25-23, the real score is 24-23. Now we have an unsportsmanlike conduct issue by the losing coach. The red card is issued and now it becomes 25-23. Second, this type behavior can not be tolerated by coaches. The first red card I issued a coach occurred when I was getting off the stand of a match that was 15-13 in the deciding set. She starting yelling at me during the handshake line.
If the conduct occurs after the score sheet is signed, the state association is getting notified and the as a result, the AD also gets notified about the conduct of the coach. We have an online report in Michigan that electronically gets sent to the state association and the schools.