Would you?

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by Tim Roden
I still want to know why you need 32 people at the scorer's table durning an NCAA Div I game on TV.

Well, at the minimum, you have one scorer, a clock operator, and a shot clock operator. (3)

Usually, the visiting team will have a book (4), and in some cases, you have a neutral official book with one scorer for each team (5).

If the game is televised, there's a timeout coordinator (6) - yes, he/she gets paid to stand up at the 16, 12, 8, and 4 minute marks.

A lot of scoreboards have separate inputs/controls for the player-foul-points part of the board (7). Many time this person will have a spotter to assist him/her (8).

If there's a courtside monitor, sometimes there will be someone there to assist (9).

Stat crews can often be tableside, usually with three or four people (13), more in a televised game.

Sometimes, members of the media and/or a radio broadcast is situated table-side (15+).

PA announcer (16) takes a spot, and often has his own spotter (17).

Let's not forget the athletics department administrator (18), and the fact that the AD (19) and/or a conference official (20) is given a place at the table.

In some games, you have an alternate official (21) along with the officiating evaluator (22).

Okay - so maybe not 32, but there is (generally) a huge need for space at the tables, and everyone there is doing some sort of job.