I was not arguing, just asking for further information. You did not provide it in the first place so it drew further questions from me at least. I had been asking these same questions in multiple settings. This year has been one that we have gotten multiple memos about rules or changing interpretations. I am careful to suggest something is done wrong when the powers that be have the final say in these cases.

Peace

Anyone who assigns-is this about what you figured the punishment to be for this crew?

As a high school assigner, I wouldn't punish a crew at all. But this is different.

College is very different. College there is a little more accountability than high school level. You screw up a rule, more things happen to your schedule.

Peace

You wouldn't punish a crew at all? Wouldn't that even include this situation?

Nope. I'd educate, remediate, send clarifications to those I do assign. But I don't "punish" anyone who's getting $60 a game to work HS basketball for screwing up a rule or missing a call.

Subsequent assigning might depend on how well they accept the fact that they screwed up, however.

Yep, we know that you were wrong.

At the HS level, I would have gone 3 games and no postseason.

Of course you would.

I assign for 24 high schools for all varsity sports. While I believe in holding people accountable for bad behavior, for double booking and dumping games, for other malfeasance, I believe suspending officials for making an honest mistake sets a precedent I don't want to set.

Other assigners may feel differently, but I don't feel anyone is out to screw over a team, and I believe in keeping things in perspective.

What was I wrong about? I asked a question about the situation.

I work for a conference that wanted us to apply a rule differently than what was in rulebook because the conference determined that applying the actual rule would cause a problem.

And no one knew what took place in this case until I asked. That is the reason you ask questions.

But hey, you talk about many things on here you do not know the local or interpretations. Do you want me to point them out when they happen? You know all these uniform rules that the NF has, my state does not enforce them because of years of problems.

Peace

And then you just put this on a platter. ;)

Peace

And...because the clock expired, everyone thought the game was over.



+1

As JRut said, college is different. The 3 on this game weren't out to screw over the teams either but we're all warned/cautioned/whatever by our supervisors that messing up a call is one thing, kicking a rule is a totally different animal. Kicking a rule will lead to stiff consequences.

And I don't disagree with that. As you said, college is different.

Another factor mentioned to me by an official not on the Forum is this was a conference game. That official said maybe they might not get dinged quite so hard in a non-conference game because it only affects RPI (again, he said "maybe"). Conference games may affect whether you even get to the NCAA tournament - especially in D2 and D3 - because every school may not make the conference tournament.