[JRutledge]

I think we as officials spend too much time worrying about what others do or do not do. Officiating is a personal event where you are assigned a game and have to do what your bosses tell you. If someone else does not follow a procedure, ultimately that is not our problem. And just like everything in life, one situation is not like another situation. I do not see this situation as a big deal and I have never seen a situation where a bench was so over the top that I could not tell them to stop and then they stop. And I cannot remember the last time something like this even happened in a game because I believe most coaches would think it was bush league and not advocate such a thing. And if the crew before me let it go and I do not in the next game, I do not really care. My concern is what we do as a crew that night.

Peace