Wrong Numbers on Uniforms

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

GT gave the answer here. My worry is the implication that you went with it because Team B's coach said it was ok, rather than because of the rule.

Say the entire lineup was wrong (names too), but Team B's coach said it was ok... would you allow that? Hope not.

Team B coach would have to make a legal appeal each time. That's not the umpires job. Why would Team B coach want to be a dick if he is fine with it?

[bniu]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

Team B coach would have to make a legal appeal each time. That's not the umpires job. Why would Team B coach want to be a dick if he is fine with it?

I don't know about anywhere else but in Texas, the regular season tournaments don't count towards whether a team goes to the playoffs or not (only district games do), so they're basically glorified scrimmages, so there's little incentive to be a dick.

Second, coaching is a tight circle. From what I've heard from my coaches, anyone who gets a reputation as a dick will get basically "black balled" from ever finding another job as no one will want to work with him and if he is a head coach, he will find it really hard to get quality assistants.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by bniu

I don't know about anywhere else but in Texas, the regular season tournaments don't count towards whether a team goes to the playoffs or not (only district games do), so they're basically glorified scrimmages, so there's little incentive to be a dick.

Second, coaching is a tight circle. From what I've heard from my coaches, anyone who gets a reputation as a dick will get basically "black balled" from ever finding another job as no one will want to work with him and if he is a head coach, he will find it really hard to get quality assistants.

This I know from firsthand experience. I doubt even coaches who are in the same district would more than shrug their shoulders if this happened in a district game. I do believe FED goes by names not numbers anyhow.

In most districts, half the teams make the playoffs. It's mostly just seeding they worry about.