NFHS - scorekeeper shirt - issues?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Rich

I know some officials who are taking an extra shirt. Not me.

I really don't care one way or the other, personally, and making a big deal about it isn't how I want to be remembered at the school.

I know I am not hanging around to get my shirt if the home team loses a nailbiter and the crowd is hostile. That is just one bad idea.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

I know I am not hanging around to get my shirt if the home team loses a nailbiter and the crowd is hostile. That is just one bad idea.

Then you certainly wouldn't like officiating in Massachusetts.

(Are they still observing the post game handshakes?)

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Then you certainly wouldn't like officiating in Massachusetts.

(Are they still observing the post game handshakes?)

Can you occasionally try to post something that's on topic? Is that so hard for you? Really?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

I know I am not hanging around to get my shirt if the home team loses a Hanging and the crowd is hostile. That is just one bad idea.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Then you certainly wouldn't like officiating in Massachusetts.

Originally Posted by Rich

Can you occasionally try to post something that's on topic?

Topic (Actually a subtopic): Hanging around on the court after an intense game. 26 Year Gap brought up the topic, not me. Like 26 Year Gap, I am also not a big fan of hanging around on the court (assuming the score is correct) after an intense, or even a ho-hum, game. Our colleagues in Massachusetts have no choice but to do it after every game. I'm sure that the Massachusetts guys have adjusted, but I hope that this protocol doesn't spread south to Connecticut. After approving the score, I'm leaving the court, not picking up my jacket, not filling out pay vouchers, or tax forms, not "shooting the breeze" with the athletic director, etc., and I'm certainly not waiting for my striped shirt.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Topic (Actually a subtopic): Hanging around on the court after an intense game. 26 Year Gap brought up the topic, not me. Like 26 Year Gap, I am also not a big fan of hanging around on the court (assuming the score is correct) after an intense, or even a ho-hum, game. Our colleagues in Massachusetts have no choice but to do it after every game. I'm sure that the Massachusetts guys have adjusted, but I hope that this protocol doesn't spread south to Connecticut. After approving the score, I'm leaving the court, not picking up my jacket, not filling out pay vouchers, or tax forms, not "shooting the breeze" with the athletic director, etc., and I'm certainly not waiting for my striped shirt.

If you call a cab after the game, you have to hang around and wait for it to pick you up, but that wouldn't be on topic, either.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Topic (Actually a subtopic): Hanging around on the court after an intense game. 26 Year Gap brought up the topic, not me. Like 26 Year Gap, I am also not a big fan of hanging around on the court (assuming the score is correct) after an intense, or even a ho-hum, game. Our colleagues in Massachusetts have no choice but to do it after every game. I'm sure that the Massachusetts guys have adjusted, but I hope that this protocol doesn't spread south to Connecticut. After approving the score, I'm leaving the court, not picking up my jacket, not filling out pay vouchers, or tax forms, not "shooting the breeze" with the athletic director, etc., and I'm certainly not waiting for my striped shirt.

A more pointed question: What the hell does basketball officiating in Massachusetts have to do with a scorekeeper wearing (or not wearing) a shirt?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rich

What the hell does basketball officiating in Massachusetts have to do with a scorekeeper wearing (or not wearing) a shirt?

A) jTheUmp, and Rich, posted the idea that some officials may be considering lending striped shirts to the home scorekeepers.

B) 26 Year Gap doesn't like the idea of hanging around to get his shirt if the home team loses a nailbiter and the crowd is hostile.

C) I don't know if the protocol has changed, or not, but Massachusetts officials were, at one time, required to hang around after the game to observe the handshake lines, I believe without the authority to issue technical fouls.

[BillyMac]

D) Now, Massachusetts officials can do two things after the game has ended, hang around to watch the handshake lines, and get the striped shirt that they may have lent to the home scorekeeper.