View Single Post
  #1 (permalink)  
Old Thu Feb 10, 2005, 02:25pm
RookieDude RookieDude is offline
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 1,856
Had a discussion the other night at our association meeting.
It seems we have a new private religious school that comes into our area for games. The problem that has arisen is that this team cannot leave their school before the sun has set.
As a consequence, the team was late for a "B" Varsity Boys contest that our officials were to officiate.
I'm not sure how late...but, they were late.
The referee for the contest administered a T to the team...and let them have 8 minutes to warm-up before the game. (The official said he had got together with the AD's and that's what they agreed on)
Well, one of our board members stated that he thought this was not enough time to warm-up...and that it was a safety issue that we should be aware of.
He asked me if there was a rule concerning time allowed for a team to warm-up.
I stated that I did not know of a rule regarding this, but agreed that since the team had already received a T...to let them have at least 15-20 minutes to warm-up...for saftey reasons and for the officials pre-game duties.
I also stated that I thought this should be a league concern, since it will probably continue to be a problem.
Maybe they can change the start times for this school on long road trips.
Comments?
__________________
Dan Ivey
Tri-City Sports Officials Asso. (TCSOA)
Member since 1989
Richland, WA
Reply With Quote