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Originally posted by jeffb
1st of all I will not print this and go show someone the answer...the league is telling us the clock should go Exactly like a IL high varsity game and that was all I was trying to get an answer for. I have played the game all the way to the pro level and just wanted to get the answer before the next game.jeff
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What is the name of the league?
Who is the person you talked to (league position, not actual name)?
Name the officials that worked that game?
I have worked games from Mundelein and Crystal Lake, to Tinley Park and Hillcrest. I have worked Pop Warner and Bill George Leagues. I have also worked other Youth Leagues that are not directly affiliated with any special league. I have never known a league that has told the officials to use timing rules to the letter of HS varsity rules. Now are you saying that the slaughter rule is used that the IHSA uses as well? That is a timing rule. Are you telling me that they play 12 minute quarters as well? Because that sounds vague unless you adhere to all those rules.
You could give me all this information and it still is not going to solve your problem. Unless there is someone that works the league or is familiar as to what the officials are told in that league, no definitive answer can be given. Someone gave you the situations the clock should be started and should be stopped and if that is not good enough, the NF produces rulebooks that we all can purchase. But I will guarantee, there are several exception that you league adheres to. I have had coaches in league like this tell me rules that did not even apply to the league at all or in the league handbook. Most leagues always adhere to NF rules, but state the many things that apply to the eligibility of players and who can do what and who cannot do certain things. And it is not uncommon that the officials are not told about all these exceptions and usually are never given the handbook to see the enforcements that apply.
Peace