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Old Sun Jan 10, 2016, 08:55pm
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Originally Posted by BayStateRef View Post

In the years this has been the required procedure in Massachusetts, I have had exactly one problem. After a double overtime game, the losing coach approached me to complain about the officiating. I told him I still had jurisdiction under MIAA rules and he shut up and walked away.

I presume there are a few "horror stories," but I have never seen one or spoken to any official who has had any problem staying the 30 seconds it takes to observe the handshake.
It sounds you were saved by being him being reasonable. But I still think that is a silly idea. I am not so much worried about the participants, but everyone else that has nothing to lose.

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