5 Fouls

[truerookie]

Originally posted by Junker
Maybe a better way of thinking of this is to officiate to the level you are working. Lower level games are there so players can gain experience. Also pay attention to the "tone" of a game. You can tell when you are in a gym where people understand that the players need to play and will understand and sometimes even appreciate bending the rules a little to get players in. Personally though, I would never do this after the JH level. Also, I'm not sure you want to think of these situations as "politics". It seems to be more of a game mangagement issue. Show these AD's that you understand the game and the level you are officiating and the "politics" will take care of themselves.

I have spent this entire day looking through all my books and I cannot find it anywhere saying this is game management to arbitrary stop the clock to let subs into a game with TOs' remaining. You are correct to state lower level games are there so players can gain experience. What about new officials?

Situation: Veteran stops game to allow subs into game.

Rookie: Why did you stop the game was there a timeout, foul,an injury?


Veteran: Nah, I just want to stop the game so these kids can gain experience because this is a lower level game and good game management.

Is it unreasonable for them to use the TOs' to get their subs in?

[Edited by truerookie on Sep 24th, 2005 at 09:04 PM]