New Uniform Rule

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by deecee
why would you call a T for a player changing his uniform on the bench because you asked him to and he has blood on it?

Did him changing his jersey have any effect on the game -- after my second year of officiating i gave up on trying to advance by following the rules to a t...just ref the game, let the kids decide it and play ball.

Half the rulebook is filler to me i just call fouls and violations and if players or coaches cross the line after i tried to talk them back i whack em (in 3 years only 3or4 techs).

If i was the player that had blood on my jersey and i went to change and you t'd me up I guarantee youd be ejecting me very shortly and T'ing up my coach...is that really proper game management -- not to mention from that point on you would have lost all credibility as a crew for issuing that techincal. havent you ever played shirts and skins before?

And my reply to coaches who point out the fact that I overlooked a rule i point out one that i did for their team -- it all evens out.

sorry for the rant but many refs think to much instead of just going with the flow -- if as a player i thought so much i would make so many mistakes. If i make a mistake i acknowledge it to the coach or player and lord knows ive made a few...

You're about as far off-base as you could possibly be on this one imo.

Whether you like it or not, the NFHS has issued this RULE. Note RULE!! I can't ever remember reading anything anywhere that says we get to ignore any rules that we don't happen to like or agree with.

If you don't call this RULE, let me suggest that you will be the one losing credibility, not the other officials who do call this RULE. Why? Because it IS proper game management!

Sorry for the rant, but it pisses me off completely when somebody says that they aren't gonna call a particular rule just because they don't happen to like that one There's a whole buncha rules that I'm not fond of either, but I don't think that it's my God-given right to just call the ones that I like only.

And half the book is filler? Lah me.