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Old Mon Feb 14, 2005, 03:57pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally posted by Ref in PA
The rules only allow for "practice" between halves once the game has started (2-7-4). However, common sense indicates that a warm-up period might be prudent. The referee can allow this using his/her authority (2-3).

I think it would largely depend on the length of delay. 3-5 minutes...unnecesary...NCAA timeouts are nearly that length. 20-30 minutes and I'll let them warmup. I'm not going make my self an easy target of lawsuit if someone pulls a muscle or tears a ligament.
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