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If I can add my 2 cents worth: Hawks Coach knows that the bottomline authority of whether the game continues rests with the AD/Principal or whoever the highest ranking school employee in the gym is that night (like it or not that may even be the coach).
If whoever that is thinks that something going on during the game is way out of line and needs to be stopped they can tell the home team to change and go home, tell the Visitors/fans it is over and time to leave, turn of the scoreboard, and once the gym is cleared turn off the lights. The Ref at the time can claim they have complete jurisdiction over the game and declare a forfeit but if things ever got to a point that it was so bad the school official cancelled the game they probably aren't concerned over the win or loss anymore. -And depending on what happened/what the level of the game was, the principals may even be able to decide whether or not to replay or not.
This is not to justify or denounce what happaned. Just stating the reality that whoever is holding the keys to gym has ultimate authority of continuing or not-and will have to answer to their decisions the next day.
[Edited by oc on Feb 2nd, 2004 at 05:12 PM]
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