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Old Thu Sep 22, 2005, 06:13pm
Suudy Suudy is offline
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Originally posted by mcrowder
Anyone else out there have to deal with crazy made-up rules that aren't printed anywhere?
We have a similar thing for 7th and 8th grade. Nobody over 150lb is allowed to run the ball. If somebody over 150lb possesses a ball, we are supposed to blow it dead immediately. How are we supposed to know? The coaches are supposed to put a stripe down the helmet.

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Originally posted by mcrowder
Friggin' Calvin-Ball. After all of this nonsense, the crew basically got together and decided we would call normal rules, and let the coaches police themselves on these made-up rules.
We frequently get arguments from coaches about a kid being over 150lb. The fuss and fume over a kid who is too big to run the ball. We don't have a scale on the field and we rely upon the coaches to be fair. We just tell the coaches to take it up with the other coach.

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Originally posted by mcrowder
So --- anyone else have to deal with this nonsense, and if so, do you do as we did, and simply ignore bizarro rule changes unless they come from officiating supervisors?
We try our best to enforce the rules. In the end however, we tell the coaches to take it up with each other.
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