2015/16 NFHS Rule Interpretations

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by Kansas Ref

If we simply dismiss these POE issues (and assume coaches and players know them like we do), then the pre-game will descend into nothing more than a perfunctory blaise ritual [viz: waste of time]. One could then plausibly argue that we ought to just dismiss the pregame altogether and immediately start with the jump ball, no?

It largely is already.

Plenty of officials would love to do this.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by SC Official

It largely is already.

Plenty of officials would love to do this.

+1. And if I'm the R and my state doesn't require one, I'm not bothering.

IMO, the time to get the players on your side is during dead ball periods; pre-game pontification when the players are focused on everything in the world except what you're saying....is futile.