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Originally posted by Dale Smith
Gentlemen we have made a mountain out of a mole hill. I understand all of your objections as to not having the football rule book on the field during a game. How ever one thing that you have missed is that in Ohio the OHSAA (the governing organization for interscholastic sports in the state) REQUIRES that the book by at the playing surface for every sport. Not just football. The officials do not carry it in their back pocket. In football we give it to the down box man. In basketball it is at the scorers table.
In twenty-six years of officiating I have never had to refer to it during a coach/referee conference. But I will if pressed by a coach, during a coach/referee conference, over a perceived misapplication of a rule. It is used as a tool. Like I said in my first post, if I dont do this and the coach complains to the OHSAA, I can be fined $100.00 and/or have my officiating permit suspended for not following their rules and regulations.
BktBallRef, you are correct, when I officiate NCAA football we do not take the rule book on to the field. But if my coordinator ever made it a requirement to do so we would comply with his instructions.
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Dale.
I dont think anyone here has a problem with you taking a rulebook to your games. I mean come on, its what youve been told to do and you must comply. But you have to admit, this is not the norm for most of us and quite frankly I was aghast at Ohios requirement. Anyway, most of us here at this board are die-hards and won't need the book to recite it chapter and verse. Well at least recite it close enough to make any coach think we know it LOL. When I think about it, the playing field is just about the only place youll find me without the dam thing. 8^)