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Old Tue Sep 09, 2014, 09:13am
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Originally Posted by Rich View Post
Quite frankly, this is the biggest problem with football officiating.

EVERY OFFICIAL on the field needs to know the rules -- and that includes clock status and penalty reporting details. Why some people think that they can push all of that onto the white hat and guess through the rest is beyond me.
Rookies aren't going to step onto the field the very first time and know all of the clock rules, or all of the penalty enforcements. There's a reason newbies spend a lot of time on the lines at first - it's the position that can be taught the quickest. If we waited until every rookie could comfortably white hat before putting them on the field for the very first time at HL, we'd never get anyone on the field.
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