Thread: Bench Cheering
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Old Sun Nov 27, 2016, 09:42pm
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Originally Posted by Cole4088 View Post
I worked a scrimmage over the weekend. The bench of one team was loud, standing up, high giving etc.. there is no rule against this right? I was working with a veteran official who told the coach that coming this next week that is not allowed and would be a tech
Team members on bench must remain seated accept to spontaneously react to outstanding play. Must then sit immediately. If they stand and remain standing I would simply tell coach they are not allowed to stand unless it is a quick response to a great play. If they stay up and continue to do so I will have to address it/penalize. Something like that will usually take care of bench issues.

(They can stand to report in and during TOs obviously.)
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