[Refk]

Officiating MS game when player of visitor team fouls out leaving only 4 players. Visitor coach calls time out; home head coach motions me over and asks "Can I pull one of my players out to make the game fair ?". I explain to the coach if he has 5 available players then he has to play 5. He then says " They allowed it in Hoosier's ",,,,,,,,, I thought he was making a joke. I smiled and said well, they may have but we can't do it today. He looks at me and says " Really...... they allowed it in Hoosier's , why can't I do it ?" . I then realize he is serious (this is the Varsity boys coach) and say " Coach, that is a movie and you must play 5 if you have 5 available to play ". Play resumes and I notice he's telling the opposing coach " I tried to play 4 but they wouldn't let me ".

Wow ................Varsity coach . I just shook my head.