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The official involved in the scenario I described was properly chastised for stooping to that level. I personally would not do what he did because we should be above all of that. When we work the scrimmages, it is usually pretty flexible in how things are handled. By that I mean that we do the scrimmages as a "freebie" and the coaches can ask us to stop play at any time if they want to talk to their teams about what was just called or not called. We call it just like a "real" game, but we are mainly doing it for the teams. It also helps us to get rid of the rust, so to speak. Some of our officials do not do any games after the scholastic season ends. In Virginia, AA and A level girls play in the fall (I think this is the last year for this). I try to work year round.