NCAA Rules that NFHS or State Associations should try out?

[Pantherdreams]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You're spending way too much time worrying about what coaches, players and even the freaking fans think. Way too much! Who gives a damn what they think? We have completely different goals out there. They care who wins. We don't.

It's our job to ensure that the game is played in a safe, sporting manner. We react to the actions of others. And imo if you don't take any crap from the players and coaches, they will adjust to you in one helluva big hurry. And conversely, if you want to try and reason with coaches and players instead of just simply busting them when they deserve it, you'll be spending one heckuva lot of time and breath trying to convince people who are unconvincable.

Paralysis through analysis.....again. See unsporting conduct---> call unsporting conduct. It's that simple.

Unfortunately, it seems that it's always easier to make up reasons not to call a warranted technical foul than it is to just go ahead and call it.

Maybe I wasn't clear enough in making my point. My issue was with rule changes that set up more reason for conflict, confusion and discussion.

I would love the idea of "if I see unsporting it is unsporting", but as I previously stated we've instituted some rules up here that equal accidental action with no intent but because of time and situation are required to be called tech's.

I do think that our job as well as everyone else's in the sport (coaches, fans, AD's, players) as stakeholders is to do things to help further the game. My point was that I didn't want to see rule changes to have more reasons have tech's called, as I didn't see that as positive step forward for building relationships bewteen the games stakeholders or making it clear to kids what constitutes being unsportsmanlike.

I don't consider a kid getting tangled up with the guy he's denying on a inbound the same thing as telling an official he's an a$$hole but by our rules the same penalty must be applied. So now the kid has gotten called for unsportsmanlike behaviour, (that wasn't unportsmanlike on his/her part as all) which in my mind diminishes the meaning of the call and its importance in the kid and coaches mind.

So I don't think lessening the tech penalty so more refs will call it creates a clear understanding of the importance of instilling sportsmanlike behaviour and clearly punishing that which we deem as unsportsmanlike in players or coaches if it becomes another infraction.

I can manage the game and the rule however it needs to, but if we're talking about rule changes in the best interest of the game I don't think more tech's for more reasons, or with less penalty is a good change.

Sorry if that's rambling!