[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by crew
it is not bending the rules it is managing the game. give them the cheap shot without warning in any league i am in and you will not have to worry about talking to the supervisor.........he will talk to you!

It is bending the rules. If you have to bend rules, then you do not know how to manage the game. Right from the beginning of the game, you have to make sure that the teams know that they will not be allowed to circumvent the rules and you will see that they will comply. John Cloughty has always said that there is no such thing as a gut call; either you make the call or you do not. If you want to bend the rules to allow a team to circumvent the rules, then maybe officiating is not the avocation for you.