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Pre-Game the ballboys too!
If you are only using 1 ball for the whole game, I guess I can understand an official having to retrieve the ball.
Ball on the field I got it...ball off the field ballboy gets it.
We always make sure both teams have two game balls. I tell the ball boy if one goes out of bounds, the nearest official is going to want from you the other one.
On tries and field goals, place your extra ball down behind the post and you get back there to get that one.
1 rationale for this is when an official has to chase a game ball down off the field a couple of bad things can happen.
1. Extra-Curricular Activity. The official 40 yards from the field can't very well dead-ball officiate a potential conflict.
2. Official is in jeopardy (fans, etc.) No one has the official's back when he's 40 yards from the field.
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