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Originally posted by tarheelcoach
O.k., what about this similar situation?
The home team locked the visitor's locker room when they left to start the game (common practice), but when half-time comes, nobody can manage to find the key. By the time we get in, have our talk, and get back out, the horn sounds and we're supposed to run right on the court!
I told the referee we had trouble getting in our locker room, so he gave us a few seconds to get to our bench and get my five out on the court, but no time to warm up.
Is there any way in a situation like that for a referee to add time to the half-time break? Or should the punishment be a T(based on past experiences with that school, I have my suspicions that the home team was playing games, but obviously no proof)?
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Coach, there are two schools of thought here...
ONE) You know there is only 10 minutes between halves...why did you take up that time talking when you could have been "warming up"? Sure, you were disadvantaged by having less time to talk, but you made the choice to talk. Also, this is something you should take up with your league if you really think it is "games" that the Home team are playing with the keys. Officials don't get involved in game management situations...ie. cold showers, no towels, hard seats, etc. Again, you must have deemed the talking was more important than the "warming up". (BTW, why not talk outside the locker room untill it is opened up)
TWO) That is totally unfair to the visiting team...you were placed at a disadvantage. You should have equal time to talk and "warm up" as the other team had. This is a saftey issue...the kids could get hurt without a proper warm up period. So what if the game is delayed and the other team gets extra minutes to warm up...you deserve your rightful time between halves, in a proper environment.
Now Coach...flip a coin as to which camp your officials for the night are in.