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Added to the discussion, I have worked HL for VAR gamesthe last 4 years and got the hair brain idea to use 2 clips this season. Why might you ask?I got the scare of my life one game when we had a first down. Set the chains, play begins quickly. The "clip man" was late in getting the clip, so he takes it off and before he can get it back on, the offense throws a quick pass to my side, player is tackled out of bounds in to the chains. The gang dropped the sticks as they bailed out. Fortunatly, I saw the clip man be late, dropped my bag at the LOS. We were able to get everyone back to the correct spots.
Why the long winded story? the 2 dlips worked. It alows the clip man to get the new clip on , then take his time getting the old one off. Every crew (except teh 1 crew that each were 150 years old and had been doing the chains for the last 145 of them) said they liked it. Less stress as one explained. I did not realize that chians was a huge stress job.
Oh well, just my 3 cents worth.
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