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The rule reference is 1-6-1:
Electronic communication equipment, other than an audio tape recording, including but not limited to computer, film, television and video tape or any type of still or moving pictures, shall not be used for coaching purposes during the game or between periods.
Since we are required to enforce the rules in the rule book, we are somewhat bound to enforce this. One way to do it is to take the game tapes during a suspended game. I see the point about a normal halftime period but I guess the difference is the amount of time available to do something with the tape.
We had a suspended game this year and we were asked by the visiting coach to take the tape because they had an issue the previous year. The home team AD had no issue with this so we asked for the tapes. One of the teams used a hard drive camera so they had to give us the entire camera. The other one was a very nice camera and the person who brought it didn't know how to get the tape out. One team had a second camera so I ended up taking home 3 very nice cameras. That was a little uncomfortable because I was responsible for a lot of high value equipment.
I see both sides of the argument and generally agree it is up to the honor of the coaches and game management but will ablige with administrators if they want us to be the keepers of the tapes.
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