Anyone in Georgia hear about this??

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Rufus

I'm in Georgia and hadn't heard of that one. It's amazing what folks come up with, though, when they think they have to.

The only way I can see this as being an issue is if the game in question preceded two other scheduled games (and they were held on a night when there is school the following day). The rule we have is that if there is a doubleheader on such a night the first game has to start no later than 6pm. We've been instructed to shave period time for JV contests to comply with this rule (running clock's not an option - ever).

Since this was apparently a varsity contest, however, I cannot imagine what they were thinking (other than get the flippin' game over).

In some states (OK comes to mind), varsity boys games almost always follow varsity girls games. That way the conferences can do parallel scheduling. So maybe that was the situation here? That said, unless there are conference or state rules that govern this situation, I'm not adjusting anything no matter how long the game goes on. We'll play until the game manager hands me a phone with my commissioner on the other end!

I had a 2OT JV boys game recently where the V coach (who's game followed mine) tried to convince me that there was a JV rule that stated the OT period would be shaved off by a minute each OT. I didn't buy it. He just wanted to get his guys going...