I am caught in the middle here. I agree that Divey ruled the correct way, however, I also agree with Ron in that a technical foul should have been given at that first infraction. That first technical would have prevented the second situation, plus, it was a VARSITY game.
To answer Ron's question about the "What if the opposing coach would have wanted to enforce the rule of 5 T's?" It would be nice if we could say, "Coach, in our case book on page 75, Play 10.5G, it says to only give one T and...", but that isn't realistic. If the situation never happens to us in a game, it is sometimes difficult to decide how to rule if an infraction doesn't perfectly meet the circumstances outlined in the "bible."
It would be VERY difficult to know the "in and outs" of EVERY rule in the book. If we needed to know these in and outs for every rule in order to be deemed "a good ref" or even "a great ref" then we would have hardly any officials determined to be of that caliber. Instead, I believe that in a situation where you may not be sure of the ABSOLUTE CORRECT ruling on a play, we must use our common sense and go with it. Then later, study the play, ask other officials, study our "bibles", and determine if you ruled correctly:
The real signs of a truly "great" official.
[This message has been edited by Indy_Ref (edited January 11, 2000).]
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