"The Book" and first time as R

[JRutledge]

I have gotten in the habit to simply verify if this is the information they have submitted if it is not in the book. If there are fewer players than listed I ask the coach why that might be or if there is a problem with any other number that has yet to be signed.

Then I go to the captains meeting. When that meeting is over I go see where the scorer is in their effort to get the information in the book. If they are done I immediately go to the coaches and verify with them if all this information is correct or properly listed. Then if they say it is OK, then I ask them to initial at the bottom of the book that I spoke to them. If there are any problems after then I know where to start looking.

I did not do this because people in the area did it; I did this because I wanted to help take away the debate about the content. I saved at least 5 Ts or more last year by doing this every single game I was the Referee. And most of the situations would have created a debate as to what was submitted and when. I learned this from someone I worked college games and last year made it an every game practice.

Peace

[Smitty]

Here in North Texas, we don't count players - we do have each coach check the book and sign their name under their roster. That way if anything ends up wrong, it's on the coach because they had an opportunity to fix it before the game. We also don't seem to care about the 10 minute rule (however in other states I've worked, this was enforced more strictly). We typically go check the book at about 8 minutes and if it isn't ready we check it again a couple minutes later.