OT - illegal numbers

[Rich]

Originally Posted by just another ref

No need to imagine things, when the real stories are just as good. There's a jr. high that I see every year around here that had new jerseys last year. Quite a few have illegal numbers, which are overlooked by all around here. Watching warmups, I remarked to the coach, as I pointed at number 72, "You know you have a bunch of illegal numbers." His answer (this takes care of everything) "We used these jerseys last year." I saw the team again a week later, and I noticed that one of the numbers on the 72 jersey was covered by tape. I asked why. The coach answered, visibly annoyed, "'Cause you told me it was illegal!"

He had taped over the 2.

This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen posted here.

(Fellow mods: Have we awarded the BillyMac Black Belt Award for 2013 yet?)

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Rich

This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen posted here.

(Fellow mods: Have we awarded the BillyMac Black Belt Award for 2013 yet?)

Truth is stranger than fiction. Like most, I've been know to embellish a story to make it more interesting. But, not this time. This is exactly the way it happened.

[Andy]

An association I was once a part of was hired by a local charter HS to officiate all of their home games. The coach's son idolized a local NBA player at the time that wore #7, so the kid wore number 7 on his uniform.

This particular league was VERY loosely organized, but this coach wanted us to follow NFHS rules explicitly. So we did...started every one of his games with a T for the illegal number.

After about three or four games, our association was fired....coach didn't think he should have to pay us to come start every one of his games with a Technical....