4 on 5

[BayStateRef]

Originally posted by ronny mulkey
What is your problem with being overly obvious about counting the players? At the Tech-Ga. game on Sunday, Burr and Valentine allowed a resumption of play with 6 players. They also prevented another one. You should have seen them counting from then on.

I was at an officials camp, working a game under the supervision of a veteran offiicial, when nine subs came into the game. I started pointing at the players and counting (to myself) while wagging my finger at each player, "1, 2, 3 ..."

At the next time out, the veteran offers this advice: "They know you can't see; they doubt you can hear; they are sure you don't know the rules; and now you are proving to them that you are so dumb that you can't count to 5?" By all means, count, he said. But don't point.