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					Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.  The StateHSAA in Mass., a few years back, started requiring the Game Officials to remain on the Court and supervise the pist-game hand shake.  There have been a number of threads in the Basketball Forum discussing the requirement.  A search of the Basketball Forum will find them all. | 
	
 I did, thanks.
Over the years I've read here about some silly, picayune rules established re sportsmanship.  However, this one is the stupidest, & apparently it does apply to all team sports, although apparently its implement'n in basketball is the most problematic.  I can only conclude the Mass. Interscholastic Athletic Ass'n has a great desire to make trouble for game officials -- actually a desire to make trouble for everybody, but falling hardest on officials.