Weird stuff

[just another ref]

Originally posted by Nevadaref

Sister or twin or not, you do have different numbers on each player, right?

Several years ago around here an 8th grade girls team had identical twins. Their numbers were 24 and 42. Late in a close game, one of them committed a foul. Official went to report it. 24 blue. Coach said, "No, no, you mean 42 blue!
24 was over here, not even close to the play." (The coach was right. It was one of those where the official made a simple mistake, and everyone knew it except him and his partner.) The official happened to be a young guy without much experience, and the argument blew his mind. He paused, looking from one girl to the other. He went over to have a brief conference with his partner, an older more experienced guy. I am sure his partner must have said something like, "You made the call, I didn't see it. You will have to decide who the foul was on." He stuck with the original call, but to make matters worse, it was 24's
5th foul. Uh oh. Well, blue went on to win the game. All's well that ends well, right? Wrong. When the game was over the twins' dad went over to the opposing coach and said,"Well, we won, even though y'all cheated!" The coach was shocked. His only contribution to the situation was to suggest to the young official that he consult with his partner. Good idea, I thought.
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