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[drinkeii]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I would say that your local HS referees need to band together and tell the schools that they want the change. They can actually force it, if they are strong enough.

I doubt that we'd be able to - it was a multi-year constant push to get 3 refs for HS varsity basketball, and the schools kept refusing to pay for it.


You CAN signal fouls with your flag, but the center has the final say. He can wave off the ARs. The ARs are only supposed to call fouls in their quadrant. A big triangle that covers from the nearest goal post to the corner flag to midfield in that ARs corner. The AR is not supposed to be watching for fouls out of that area.

So you actually can't call fouls - if the R decides he doesn't want to call it, or didn't see it and doesn't want to take the word of the AR, no foul. You're just an extra set of eyes without the ability to actually make the call yourself. It would just be difficult for me to get used to.