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Old Tue Feb 22, 2022, 01:09pm
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Originally Posted by ilyazhito View Post
If stuff like this happens in the handshake line, MIAA should reconsider having the officials around, especially if, contrary to the rules, the officials do not have any authority to administer sanctions to any offenders. What is the process to propose changes to MIAA rules?
Spoke to a few Massachusetts guys at the IAABO Fall Seminar this past year.

Getting rid of the requirement to "hang around" has as much of a chance as a snowball in Hell.

While officials can't administer penalties (technical fouls) during this "handshake" period, they can, and do, report unsporting behavior to the MIAA, which hands down sanctions, often quite severe.
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