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Originally Posted by w_sohl
Pretty sure this is a proper use of the sideline warning. No coaches were on the field, they were just getting in my way, without contact, during a live ball.
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That is not a sideline warning. I've already said it a few times, but being in your way is not a sideline warning. You can stand out of bounds and they can put one coach directly behind you and one on each side of you.
Sideline warning - More than 3 coaches in the 6 foot area or any players between the 25 yard lines. Players are only allowed in this 6 foot area as they are entering or leaving the field.
Sideline interference - Being outside of the team box but not on the field. That means that someone is out of bounds, but has gone past the 25 yard line.
Unsportsmanlike foul - Only players allowed on the field; anyone else = USC. There are a few exceptions:
Authorized conferences (charged timeout) - Middle of the field - 1 coach allowed on field.
- Within 9 yards of sideline - Everyone can be out there.
Three attendants (water boys) allowed on field during timeouts (charged, TV, after try/field goal/safety, injury, heat/huminity) *Note that the rules do not allow coaches on the field during the timeout following a score.
Injury timeout - Coach and attendants (doctor, trainer) allowed on field to attend to player.
That is the summary of where people are allowed to stand during the game. Nowhere does it say it is a foul for getting in an official's way.
On your second flag, he didn't commit a USC foul, so you just decided to call a different foul on him. That doesn't make sense. He may or may not have deserved the USC, but he for sure did not deserve the sideline warning.