Say What?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I am an Italian,

And they haven't found a cure for that yet.....

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And they haven't found a cure for that yet.....

Hey, don't forget, I know where you live, in fact I know where everybody lives.

MTD, Sr.

[Rich]

I worked a game Tuesday where an assistant coach came up to me and showed me his iPod Touch and said, "this isn't a phone." Confused, I said, "OK?" and he told me an official saw him with it before their previous game and made a huge deal out of it and told him that if he saw him with it during the game, he'd remove him from the bench.

I laughed. I reassured him I wouldn't even be looking in his direction if he was sitting on the bench.

Last night we had an announcer who announced fouls before we reported them. It annoyed me a bit at first, but in the end I wanted to see if he got them all right. He did, with the exception of a foul called by a partner that not only confused him, but the 2 of us also working the game.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I worked a game Tuesday where an assistant coach came up to me and showed me his iPod Touch and said, "this isn't a phone." Confused, I said, "OK?" and he told me an official saw him with it before their previous game and made a huge deal out of it and told him that if he saw him with it during the game, he'd remove him from the bench.

I laughed. I reassured him I wouldn't even be looking in his direction if he was sitting on the bench.

Might not be that OOO, Rich. Rule 10-1-3 and a case book play prohibits having a coach from contact with somebody in the press box. Text messages, etc. could fall into that category. That's a rule that might need updating for clarification with the technology advances.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Might not be that OOO, Rich. Rule 10-1-3 and a case book play prohibits having a coach from contact with somebody in the press box. Text messages, etc. could fall into that category. That's a rule that might need updating for clarification with the technology advances.

Oh, I know the applicable rules. I also know when to not make a mountain out of a molehill. I also know that during the pregame, my comments are usually limited to "Hi," "Good luck," and if I'm the R, "Are your players properly attired?"

I did have to deal with inappropriately colored prewrap last night, though. Bah.