Thread: Wrong Numbers
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Old Sat Dec 02, 2023, 02:31pm
FlasherZ FlasherZ is offline
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
The home team scorekeeper likely knows the home team's player names.

The visiting team scorekeeper likely knows the visiting team's player names.

Do they have the integrity to "snitch" on their own team?
I'd ask if it really matters?

Obviously, the numbers are critical for the scorekeeping. Does it really matter whether the names are right or not?

In junior high, we commonly find everything from last names only, to first names only, to initials, to blank names. Is there anything that says the names must be right? Are you going to call a technical foul if the scorekeeper listed "Baker, Jim" but his full legal name as listed on his passport is "James Lee Baker"?

The only reason I can think of would be for an ejection/discipline report, but I typically refer to them by number there as well.
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