Score book shenanigans

[SCalScoreKeeper]

In my case I pull varsity rosters from MaxPreps and prep from that.When the varsity coaches show up I have them check and verify everything is correct before the officials are even out there.

[BoomerSooner]

As others have said, there is no requirement or support for the concept that the coach reviewing and signing the official book absolves the scorer for his/her responsibilities. The official scorekeeper's responsibilities are clearly spelled out in 2-11 and the first line reads "The scorer shall: keep a record of the names and numbers of players..." (2-11-1). Rule 2-11-2 provides the scorer with instruction to "notify the nearer official when there is an infraction of the rules - pertaining to submission of the roster...". The scorer is solely responsible for what is in the book, and the team is solely responsible for submitting a roster.

Originally Posted by SCalScoreKeeper

In my case I pull varsity rosters from MaxPreps and prep from that.When the varsity coaches show up I have them check and verify everything is correct before the officials are even out there.

I'm sure there are plenty of coaches that appreciate this level of prep, but the danger in doing this is that each team is required to "supply the official scorer with the name and number of each team member and designate the five starting players." (3-2-1). If you have gathered the information yourself and ask the coach to review it, the team has not technically met the requirement of this rule. If all of the information is correct, nobody has an issue and the game goes on. If, however, a mistake was made and the coach misses it, we come back to the point others have made about the team only has a responsibility to provide the information. In your situation, the problem is that there was no information provided by the team (you provided it) so what may have started off as a scorekeeper's error can't be corrected because the team didn't provide a roster because you already had everything in the book.

ps: I don't want this to come off as a criticism or condemnation...if this practice works for you, the teams and the referees, by all means continue with it. I only make this point to highlight what others have commented on regarding the responsibility of the team to provide the information.