What's the rule - A technical or not??

[illinoisbluezeb]

Originally Posted by amcginthy

But, your comment about a clerical error made me think back - what about an incorrect number in the book - that's a clerical error - but results in an Administrative T... (go easy on me guys - I'm not a REF, I'm a coach these aren't the easiest rules to interpret - even if you do know the rules - at least not for me )

The wrong number in the book happend before the game not during the game. You had plenty of time to get the names & numbers correct. Clerical errors during the game are different a little more going on and a lot less time.

P.S. Scorebooks are to be kept in INK to help with no unsporting beheavior.

[amcginthy]

Thanks all...

I appreciate the info...

Anthony

[tomegun]

The old rules interpreter in Maryland used to meet with the coaches and give them a test for reasons like this. It can be sort of a humbling experience when you are a coach and fail a test about the rules. Of course, by the time the season started the coaches were their usual selves.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by illinoisbluezeb

P.S. Scorebooks are to be kept in INK to help with no unsporting beheavior.

Just wondering, is this your rule or a state/conference guideline? I've been doing the book for 10 years now and have ALWAYS used pencil (this from a guy who does his crossword puzzle in ink).

[ronny mulkey]

P.S. Scorebooks are to be kept in INK to help with no unsporting beheavior.[/QUOTE]

Wow! Been calling a long time and have never seen a book completed, or attempted, in ink?

Mulk

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by ronny mulkey

P.S. Scorebooks are to be kept in INK to help with no unsporting beheavior.

Wow! Been calling a long time and have never seen a book completed, or attempted, in ink?

Mulk[/QUOTE]

Come to one of my games. Depending on the level, you can expect to see my game sheet have two or four colors of ink, one for each period (not including overtime). The official scorer at another local high school does the same.

I do it because:

(1) My dad was a scorer in a game where the visiting coach was arguing about team fouls, and after the game, the AD suggested he use either different colors or opposite hash marks ( / vs. \ ) for each half.

(2) When compiling totals for the quarter/half and game, it's easier to sum up the like-colored symbols.

But I have personally not heard of this being a requirement by rule.

[bronco]

Originally Posted by Stat-Man

Wow! Been calling a long time and have never seen a book completed, or attempted, in ink?

Mulk

Come to one of my games. Depending on the level, you can expect to see my game sheet have two or four colors of ink, one for each period (not including overtime). The official scorer at another local high school does the same.

I do it because:

(1) My dad was a scorer in a game where the visiting coach was arguing about team fouls, and after the game, the AD suggested he use either different colors or opposite hash marks ( / vs. \ ) for each half.

(2) When compiling totals for the quarter/half and game, it's easier to sum up the like-colored symbols.

But I have personally not heard of this being a requirement by rule.[/QUOTE]

My mom does the book at my old high school, and this is the way they do it, different colors each quarter. It can help if there is a discrepancy, although hopefully that isn't something anybody has to deal with.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by Stat-Man

Come to one of my games. Depending on the level, you can expect to see my game sheet have two or four colors of ink, one for each period (not including overtime). The official scorer at another local high school does the same.

Interesting! I usually just do the opposite angled hash marks and (in an NCAA book) write the time for everything.