No Captain Meeting?

[Loudwhistle]

Do all varsity games have to have a captains meeting? NFHS rules. Each state adopts what they want don't they?

[mbyron]

It's in the Handbook. §§2.1.5 and 4.2.

What actually happens in these meetings varies widely, but afaik no state explicitly bans them.

[Hartsy]

Originally Posted by mbyron

It's in the Handbook. §§2.1.5 and 4.2.

What actually happens in these meetings varies widely, but afaik no state explicitly bans them.

Agreed, but if they were taken from the handbook and/or banned by a state, I'd be thrilled. These meetings are silly.

[Indianaref]

Originally Posted by Hartsy

Agreed, but if they were taken from the handbook and/or banned by a state, I'd be thrilled. These meetings are silly.

Agree as well. How many years has the coaches/captains meetings been a requirement?

[DLH17]

Originally Posted by Hartsy

Agreed, but if they were taken from the handbook and/or banned by a state, I'd be thrilled. These meetings are silly.

Pre-game meetings are invaluable, imo.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by DLH17

Pre-game meetings are invaluable, imo.

For what?

[Loudwhistle]

Originally Posted by Hartsy

Agreed, but if they were taken from the handbook and/or banned by a state, I'd be thrilled. These meetings are silly.

Totally agree, I guess we screwed up this last weekend, I'll post the situation so maybe somebody else won't have this happen: BV, I'm watching players warm up before the game, Reff comes up to me and says we're not having a captains meeting tonight. Okay I'll bite, why not? The home coach told him that he didn't have any team captains tonight and none were going to be indicated in the book. Okay................ It was kind of fun starting like a JV game with no bs meeting. I thought every team had a captain but I didn't know one had to be indicated in the book. Is there any way by rule to force a coach to indicate a captain in the book? I've never heard of a coach being t'd for this. Can the reff randomly select a player from the roster?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Loudwhistle

Totally agree, I guess we screwed up this last weekend, I'll post the situation so maybe somebody else won't have this happen: BV, I'm watching players warm up before the game, Reff comes up to me and says we're not having a captains meeting tonight. Okay I'll bite, why not? The home coach told him that he didn't have any team captains tonight and none were going to be indicated in the book. Okay................ It was kind of fun starting like a JV game with no bs meeting. I thought every team had a captain but I didn't know one had to be indicated in the book. Is there any way by rule to force a coach to indicate a captain in the book? I've never heard of a coach being t'd for this. Can the reff randomly select a player from the roster?

The rule says "one of whom is the captain". But, there's no penalty for not having one.

I'd have the meeting anyway, even if one team doesn't have any team members present.

[bas2456]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

The rule says "one of whom is the captain". But, there's no penalty for not having one.

I'd have the meeting anyway, even if one team doesn't have any team members present.

Agree. At the very least, I would want to meet with the coaches. You may find out some information you wouldn't have gotten otherwise. I had a couple of players on one team have medical clearances from the state for otherwise illegal headgear. Wouldn't have known that if we hadn't had the captain's meeting.