OT Teaser - Sport where players touch ref?

[rotationslim]

Here is a brain teaser I just thought of.. not about basketball, but about officiating, so I am slipping it in.

In what sport do athletes routinely and purposefully make physical contact with the officials, as many as 3 seperate times during a contest.

Hints:
* It is a sport commonly played in High School
* While this "contact" may or may not be actually written into the rule book, it is a commonly accepted practice (at least here in Michigan High Schools)

[M&M Guy]

I'm just going to jump in blindly and say - wrestling?

I was thinking of the official putting his hand down during a match to check if a shoulder is down for the pin count to start, then, after the match, doesn't the official raise the hand of the winner?

[rotationslim]

You got it right.. but you had a different reason than I was looking for.

At meets with 4 mats going at once, it is impossible to hear and or differentiate the end-of-round buzzer on each mat.

The solution they use around here is this: a wrestler who is not in that match is assigned to walk onto the mat, carefully staying out of the way of the action, and come behind the ref and tap him or her on the shoulder to indicate the end of the round. This way the ref can keep his or her eye on the action between the wrestlers(does not have to look up and glance at clock), and still know when the round is over without hearing the buzzer.

[rotationslim]

the "3 times a contest" comes from the 3 round match.

[M&M Guy]

Do I still win, or am I disqualified for having the wrong reasons?

It's still interesting because of the issues involved with players and coaches touching or confronting officials.

[rainmaker]

I noticed last weekend in the college football games I was watching that the refs touched the players several times. At least twice I saw one official (which position, I have no clue) who placed the ball on the turf, and then slapped the center on the butt as the official backed out of the play. Also, a couple times, a player came back to receive a punt, and knocked fists with the official who was there. It was just the standard fist/greeting thing. But I hand't noticed that before, and the butt-slap thing really surprised me. I suppose by college the players are too old for their parents to file lawsuits?

[OHBBREF]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Do I still win, or am I disqualified for having the wrong reasons?

disqualified your answer was not in the form of a question and you didn't shake hands with the presenter.