2019-20 NFHS: Rumors/Desires?

[bucky]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

The rule states that it is the responsibility of the referee to have each team notified three minutes before each half is to begin.

If I'm the referee, when I grab my jacket at the beginning of the halftime intermission, I just say to the timekeeper, "Notify both teams and the officials when there are three minutes left in halftime".

Yes, "have", but the point is the same. I have never done it and have never seen any other referee tell anybody to have the teams notified. Never.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Why ask? Who says we have to ask?

Um, I thought you (NFHS) did when you posted:

"Referee’s Pregame Duties
2-2-5: Verify with the head coach, prior to each contest, that his/her team member’s uniforms and equipment are legal and will be worn properly, and that all participants will exhibit proper sporting behavior throughout the contest."

Verifying carries with it the same context as asking IMO. It is impossible to verify with a coach that all participants will exhibit proper sporting behavior throughout the contest. No one can predict the future can they? And few coaches are aware of what their players are wearing. Coaches may at times go out of their way to point certain items out (thick padding, mask, etc.), but only because they may be abnormal. I understand that the point is to simply plant the idea that everyone is good to go, but my point is that, to me, this, in the rules, is irrelevant to the game and that very few officials do it. Also, that the coaches could answer with a "no" or that they give an insincere (because they are not sure) "yes" or that they use the default answer of "should be."

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Certainly fulfills the requirement of the teams being notified.

Yes, there are horns to notify teams but there are few teams in locker rooms that can hear them. Come to think of it, I have never heard a 3-minute warning horn from an officials locker room and have never heard one that was simultaneous with someone knocking on the door to personally notify us. Where are these gym and locker rooms where people can hear a horn at 3 minutes? And for college games, rarely can you hear a horn from a locker room. That's what makes having the clock in the officials locker room so nice. I would not call it fulfilling the requirement if there is a possibility that a team may not hear it.

I can see it now:

Coach: Why didn't anyone come get us?
Official: Sorry, you should have been able to hear the horn from your locker room that was down the hall and through two doors.