Change in officials due to emergencies

[chseagle]

Originally Posted by biggravy

Injuries to the table crew are common. It is a dangerous job. Good to always have a 2nd and even third highly trained clock operator waiting on standby.

Currently for timer/scoreboard there's 5 people that are trained & for shot clock 5-6 people trained. However on any given game night, only 3 of each are used.

One of those trained on shot clock does not feel comfortable doing Varsity games.

[biggravy]

Originally Posted by chseagle

Currently for timer/scoreboard there's 5 people that are trained & for shot clock 5-6 people trained. However on any given game night, only 3 of each are used.

One of those trained on shot clock does not feel comfortable doing Varsity games.

This is just great. Personally I think it should be written into the rule book that every school have 5 people minimum trained for table duty. They should also by rule have the entire table crew, and alternates, meet with the floor officials before the game for a pregame conference to go over things. Athletic trainers should be required to ensure the table crew has their fingers and thumbs properly stretched for operating the clock and scoreboard buttons, to prevent injuries of course.

[chseagle]

Originally Posted by biggravy

This is just great. Personally I think it should be written into the rule book that every school have 5 people minimum trained for table duty. They should also by rule have the entire table crew, and alternates, meet with the floor officials before the game for a pregame conference to go over things. Athletic trainers should be required to ensure the table crew has their fingers and thumbs properly stretched for operating the clock and scoreboard buttons, to prevent injuries of course.

The question is however how many are trained in multiple table operations?