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Old Thu Dec 06, 2001, 09:19pm
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Originally posted by timasdf
Quite simply, yes...we need to be able to lay this at someone's feet. Mostly so that we can get this corrected at this school (which has apparently be a problem in this area in the past).
You're kidding? Tim, with all due respect, that makes it all the more important for the officials to recognize that there could be a problem. The officiating association knows that this has been a problem at the school before, yet doesn't warn officials who are assigned to games there? Or even worse, the officials knew of preivous problems and still didn't address the possibility?

We have several local schools that always have poorly trained timers for JV football games. Knowing this, we walk onto the field with a clock or watch, preapred to keep the time on the field if we have to. To do less, would be stupid on our part.

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With a rule that states that this is the coach or administrator responsibility...we may be able to get the school to change. Without it, getting things changed will be much more difficult.
Without question, it is the responsibility of the coach or the AD to insure that the table officials are properly trained.

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I am completely aware that, ultimately, the officials at the game are responsible for such situations. However, the officials shouldn't be expected to be scorekeeper trainers, too.
No, but we're the ones who usually end up in the soup once such things happen. There's no excuse for not doing some preventive officiating in such a situation.

Good luck with it.
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