NFHS Preseason Guide

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by SC Official

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From the "Sell Your Next OOB Decision" section:

"A final way to lend more credibility with out-of-bounds decisions is to verbalize the team's exact color. When a team wears a purple jersey and we refer to it as blue, it is just another reason for players, coaches, and fans to question our common sense. Everyone in the gym sees that the color is purple (orange, gold, etc.). Officials look out of place as the only ones to call a team by the wrong color."

I'm guessing whoever published this is oblivious to something called color-blindness.

I worked a post-season conference tournament a couple of seasons ago and I spent the entire game calling a team Red, when they were actually Black. I have a very hard time distinguishing between dark burgundy and black. After the game, my supervisor was like "WTF" were you seeing out there.