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Old Wed Dec 15, 2010, 11:41am
Scrapper1 Scrapper1 is offline
Lighten up, Francis.
 
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Originally Posted by Judtech View Post
We are actually told every year that as game officials we can not "forfeit" a game and should never use that term. We can only "suspend" a game and the VHSL will decide what to do after that.
By NFHS rule, of course, this is not true. The referee is given explicit authority to forfeit a game if circumstances warrant it. State athletic associations may modify that, but for any newbies reading this thread, you do have the authority to forfeit the game, by rule.