Game Over

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo

Game ends and officials get a thumbs up from the scorekeeper.

Scoreboard reads 62-60 in favor of the home team.

Officials in dressing area - going on five minutes - when game management comes in and says "I think we have a problem."

Apparently both books (I know home book is official) had the score 63-60 in favor of the guests.

Is that the final outcome? Or is it what it is when the officials left the floor? What if it the books had discovered it had been tied after regulation? You don't go back out for OT, do you?

The guests win 63-60.

The home book is the official book. NFHS rule 2-11-11. The official book can't be changed after all officials leave the visual confines of the playing area. NFHS rule 2-2-4.

Rules rulz. And if the home team or league doesn't think so, let them sort it out.

Howinthehell could the table let the scoreboard get so far outa whack?

[Johnny Ringo]

And if the home book had the score tied ... What?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo

And if the home book had the score tied ... What?

You ask the scorekeeper just exactly whatinthehell he was doing giving you the thumbs-up. Then you go back out, write all the circumstances down on the score sheet and then play an overtime.

And I gotta say that if chseagle had been named National Supreme Head Scoring Table Chairman like the masses wanted, this never would have happened. Nope, not under his stewardship. Heads would have rolled! Rolled, I tell ya! I blame Obama.

[chseagle]

NFHS Rule 2-4-3: Designate the official scorebook and official scorer prior to the scheduled starting time of the game.

Not always will the home book be the official book. The R can designate the visitor book as the official book.

Concerning the scoreboard showing completely different from the scorebooks, there was no communication between them.

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

The home book is the official book. NFHS rule 2-11-11.

Howinthehell could the table let the scoreboard get so far outa whack?