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Old Tue Jan 08, 2008, 11:07am
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Now you're learning.

I'm continually amazed by the number of people working college games who don't know the rules. I guess the assignors expect them to learn as they go or perhaps they expect us to teach them.
Hey believe me I explained it to the assignor when I took these games (three non-conference juco games this season plus a couple of scrimmages) that I had not yet been to a college camp (which I plan to this summer), and that I was no NCAA rules expert although I have come a long way this past fall with rules study, etc. I guess he figured I called a good floor game and had a good understanding of NF rules and I would figure the rest out....I thanked him for the opportunity and am doing all I can to get up to speed as quickly as I can, it's about all I can do. Fortunately none of the "one-off" items came up this season...what is more shocking to me is that out of the three games, I would say that only one of my partners had a better understanding of NCAA rules/mechanics than I did although most had more "experience"...THAT was shocking!
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