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"I've been doing this all season."
This is one thing that really bothers me when the rules are not totally enforced consistently. The previous crews were wrong, if they did not enforce the conference rule. Now, the crew on the field that night is doing it's job. There are two things we don't know. 1. Have they really been doing that all season? 2. And, did the other crews notice?
I would have warned the head coach and made him aware of the action and that it would be penalized if it happened again in the game. Then at the next meeting of the officials association bring up the subject so that other officials know this happened.
On the same note. Last season a coach reported to me that number 84 was his tackle and that it was OK last week. I told him get another number between 50 and 79. Three weeks later another official reported we had made a mistake allowing 84 as a tackle. This crew had flagged the team and the coach said he had been doing it all season long.
And, in this final junior high game last season, I noticed the kicker was barefoot. When I approached him two players said he had been doing it all season. Of course, I become the bad guy for doing my job. Junior high players usually have not learned the finer secrets like "we have been doing it all" so I firmly believe the other guys did not do their job.
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