High School Fight (Video)

[HokiePaul]

Originally Posted by APG

Talk about coverage...should the trail have been able to pick up the players after the pass? Should the C have been able to catch the players squaring off after the turnover? How would you rule if you caught the action early...or midway through? Anything else to discuss in the play above?

I wouldn't expect the T to pick this up, and even if he did, he would be too far away to jump in and stop things from excalating. The shove by green happened right in front of the C. If the C was looking elsewhere up to that point, a player getting shoved right in front of him should have been enough to get his attention. Immediatly following the shove, there is enough for me to jump in with a double T for the stare down/taunting.

Seeing the whole play on video, I have a double technical foul for the stare down/shove to the chest. Once the two start bobing and weaving that close together, it's a fighting situation and a flagrant double technical.

Other things to consider, green had at least 5 players leave the bench. The officials seem to be content to usher them back to the bench without any penalty. Maybe they do penalize, but it didn't look like they had any interest in recording the numbers of the players. If I'm the furthest away official, I'm noting numbers and having the scorer jot them down for me.