First time, and it happened twice

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Originally Posted by chseagle

I was asking about having a copy handy, as it seems that, especially in my case, the scorers I work with have no or little understanding of the rules except for what they need to do & nothing more.

Well, if you do that, then it would be fine by me. But I would NEVER open up a rulebook during a game, even if a coach said "hey, there's a rulebook, prove it to me". How ugly would that look to all the players, fans, coaches, administrators, etc.?