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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
It's not clear to me that any of 3-6 applies until the game has begun. I think it's up to league rules as to whether there'd be any sanction or not, or what kind, but I think it's outside officials' jurisdiction under the playing rules, although there might be something in the officials' manual on it. The rules say when the officials' jurisdiction ends, though not when it begins, so I take it that the game, and any results of the game, begins when it begins.
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South Carolina mechanics give us jurisdiction from the time we walk on the field. 30 minutes prior to kickoff for Varsity games. I also believe (don't have the mech manual handy) that Fed rules give us jurisdiction from the time we enter the field.