Marcus Smart shove - OK State/Texas Tech (Video)

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

If you think I am going into the stands to get players, you have lost your feakin mind.

This.

In any sport I work, in any level, there is no way I'm going into the stands. That is the domain of game administration and the fans.

Going into the stands is akin to a stray bird landing in the hyena pen at the zoo just before feeding time. No need to paint that target on your back because there isn't a thing you can really do to protect that player.

[letemplay]

Originally Posted by Welpe

This.

In any sport I work, in any level, there is no way I'm going into the stands. That is the domain of game administration and the fans.

Going into the stands is akin to a stray bird landing in the hyena pen at the zoo just before feeding time. No need to paint that target on your back because there isn't a thing you can really do to protect that player.

I don't even like sitting in the stands watching the first half of the JV game before heading off to the dressing room.

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by letemplay

I don't even like sitting in the stands watching the first half of the JV game before heading off to the dressing room.

In the first half of the JV game my crew and I were sitting in the stands. We were talking about things involving officiating, whether it was about previous games or about the officials in the game going on at the time, and I saw that a guy sitting behind us was listening. So he knew we were the officials for the varsity game. I wanted to get out of there. Not because I thought he'd do something bad, but I didn't want him to start asking all sorts of questions about what we do, or about calls/non-calls being made.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by letemplay

I don't even like sitting in the stands watching the first half of the JV game before heading off to the dressing room.

Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. If we time things well, they're starting the third quarter when we walk in.