Sideline Warning?--IHSA Rules Meeting

Jurassic Referee · #11 (**permalink**) Tue Oct 18, 2005, 08:09am

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Originally posted by ChuckElias

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Originally posted by JRutledge
Where did you find that? I do not see anything that suggest given an official warning (put in the scorebook) for a coaching box infraction.

Your initial post didn't say anything about the warning being recorded in the scorebook, so I didn't realize that's what you meant. But here's the FED's POE on the coaching box.

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D. SPORTING BEHAVIOR -- COACHING BOX
Coaches must stay in the coaching box.

Wandering coaches creat problems:
distinct advantage gained by ability to better communicate wtih team

interferes with play

distracting to players and officials

perceived as an intimidation tactic toward officials and table personnel

can incite inappropriate player, bench and spectator behaviors

Rule is black-and-white, but has not been dealt with preperly.

Most officials ignore the rule because coaches are not "directing comments" to officials or are "just coaching the team."

These situations should have no bearing on addressing the behavior.

Coach is OUT of box "just coaching":
FIRST offense -- official should address the behavior by issuing a warning

NEXT offense -- assess a technical foul.

Coach is IN or OUT of box behaving inappropriately (10-4):
FIRST offense -- a technical foul should be assessed.

I added the emphasis (and left out the last half of the POE), but it sure sounds the same as what you described in your initial post. If you meant that Illinois is going to add a written warning to the scorebook, then that's a different kettle of fish.

Chuck, I just double-checked this year's rule book POE's. I also went to the NFHS web site and checked out the POE's that are issued on there. There is NO language anywhere that I can see that is even faintly similar to what you typed above. There is NO mention in the rule book or on the FED website saying that we should issue a warning of any kind.

Whereinheck are you reading your language?

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Oct 18th, 2005 at 09:15 AM]