Michigan State-Columbia trick

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Shame on the players for being taken in by this once, let alone twice.

Like my grandmother used to say, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me".

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

It's nice that you officiate in a place where coaches know all the rules, and therefore would not question you about things like this. But there are a number of coaches I've come across in JV ball (where I mostly ref) that question rules that I personally think are obvious.

But thank you for your constructive responses.

While I agree that some coaches can ask about some obvious things, I find this particular situation to be *almost* outside the realm of possibility. Any coach who asks about this would get a curt (and incredulous) "no" and probably forfeit his / her right to ask anything else that night.