[mplagrow]

Originally posted by deecee
why would you call a T for a player changing his uniform on the bench because you asked him to and he has blood on it?

How about because it's the rule?

Did him changing his jersey have any effect on the game -- after my second year of officiating i gave up on trying to advance by following the rules to a t...just ref the game, let the kids decide it and play ball.

If a kid wears earings for a quarter before you notice, do you say it's not havng any effect on the game and let it go? Or do you enforce the rules as written?

Half the rulebook is filler to me. . .

No offense, but what level ball do you ref with that philosophy? Rec? HS??

If i was the player that had blood on my jersey and i went to change and you t'd me up I guarantee youd be ejecting me very shortly and T'ing up my coach...is that really proper game management -- not to mention from that point on you would have lost all credibility as a crew for issuing that techincal. havent you ever played shirts and skins before?

I've played shirts and skins, but it's been a while since I've reffed a HS game that way! If you were a player, would you tell the refs which rules they should or should not enforce to avoid upsetting you and your coach?

And my reply to coaches who point out the fact that I overlooked a rule i point out one that i did for their team -- it all evens out.

If I were coaching, I'd let you know that I'd rather have you use the rule book that we are playing under. Because that's how I taught my players to play the game.