FED coach ejected (only coach)

[David Emerling]

Originally Posted by Matt

Try forfeiting a game, and then see what happens.

Well, I have done it - on several occasions. In each case, it was because the visiting team didn't show up or didn't have sufficient players. I tell the home team coach that it is a forfeit and it should be officially entered as a 7-0 win.

No incident report. No forms to fill-out. No paperwork, whatsoever. I received no phone call from my assignor. The forfeiting school made no objection. There was no inquiry by the administrators of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, the governing body for all high school sports in my state.

That's what happened.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by David Emerling

Well, I have done it - on several occasions. In each case, it was because the visiting team didn't show up or didn't have sufficient players. I tell the home team coach that it is a forfeit and it should be officially entered as a 7-0 win.

No incident report. No forms to fill-out. No paperwork, whatsoever. I received no phone call from my assignor. The forfeiting school made no objection. There was no inquiry by the administrators of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, the governing body for all high school sports in my state.

That's what happened.

I suppose this may vary greatly across this vast country of ours.

In Houston, even in cases where the rulebook says we forfeit the game... all we really do is suspend the game and notate the circumstances and reason. Districts or leagues then make the final decision.