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Originally posted by Steve M
In any championship play, I'm not going to allow the coach to re-enter a sub improperly. Preventing that is one of the reasons that I've got a lineup card. For league play, I am likely to allow the 2 head coaches to decide what they want to do - unless one of the coches is a jerk. And, this will be OK with our ASA insurance.
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Two words: PREVENTIVE UMPIRING
This is not a case of an umpire coaching a team, but not allowing the coach to operate outside of the rules.
Also, Steve has a point about liability. If, by rule, the game is over, the umpire should leave the field. If necessary, explain to the coach that your insurance does not permit you to continue working. If the teams want to continue, that's fine, but they will have to do it without the umpire. Of course, you'll get the standard promise that nothing will happen, we won't argue, etc., but when little Susie breaks her leg and it comes out that the game should have been stopped because the rules indicate the game was over, the umpire's name will be included as a Defendent when the lawsuit is filed. And now, because the game ceased to be a sanctioned event when it was supposedly officially over, the insurance company may have the right to step away from the table.
This happens to me at least at least once a year. I'm always the bad guy for walking off the field, but to tell you the truth, Murphy's Law has nothing on Rowe's Law and I can ill afford to be held liable for someone else's mistake.