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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
You'll have to forgive me for this question, as I am not from the time of LP's, puking on shoes, staring at pants, etc., and this rule has not been in place at least since I started high school.
I know some people have said a T was assessed if the player didn't raise his/her hand. What would happen on a close "multiple" foul or a block/charge situation where players might not have been sure of who fouled? Did the official say "Blue 13" and then the player would raise his hand?
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Mark,the mechanic we were supposed to use then was to bird-dog the player,and point directly at him.We had to keep pointing until they either raised their hand,or we counted to 5 and then we were supposed to T them.We used to do a whole lot of talking,and very little T'ing-i.e."put your hand up,dummy!".
:In addition,we were supposed to T them if they didn't put their hand up "properly",i.e.the arm couldn't be bent,they couldn't wave it,etc.To be charitable,let's just say that this wasn't one of our favorite rules.Sure glad when that one disappeared.
-Forgot to add,we used to pre-game players like Mick so we didn't look like idiots out there!
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[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Dec 25th, 2001 at 10:29 AM]