[Ref in PA]

I am well aware of this. We had an article in the newspaper this past week here locally (The Beaver County Times) about the subject. We have been told repeatedly by our interpreter to enforce the coaches box with almost no tolerance. To me it is not a problem, but the State feels it is. I point out the box in my pregame with the coaches, I give one warning. After that I have had little or no problem with coaches. If they get their T, they earned it at that point.

The thing I feel bad about are the small gyms where there is literally no room for the coaches to do anything but stand. This past week I made game management move the chairs for the teams back during halftime to allow the coaches enough room. The AD jokingly threaten to scratch me for making him work.

Is it a problem? Yes, to a certain extent, but in my experience it can be managed.