NFHS Mechanic

[Back In The Saddle]

You have to consider the all the different environments in which the mechanic would be required to be implemented. You've got the schools where the table people have been doing their job longer than the officials on the floor. This mechanic would work okay there. Then there's the school where they pull some kid out of the stands 30 seconds before game time and tell him they'll pay him $10 to run the clock. You're lucky if you can keep this kid from missing the throw-in entirely because he just got an urgent text from his buddy about the hot girl from the V school at the snack bar. Teaching him to actually watch the official? That's rough. Teaching him when to watch the T versus the L, that's impossible.