We just talked about this last night in our new officials meeting. We were told to NEVER touch a player, ever. Not to break up a fight, not to get their attention, nothing. The instructors were very clear on this point, at least for the high school level. The possibility for the lawsuit is real and I don't care to go through that. It just doesn't sound like a good idea and it seems like there are better ways to manage a game.
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Strange women, lying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. If I went around claiming I was an emperor just because some moistened bink lobbed a scimitar at me, they would put me away.
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