Fighting

[chiefgil]

Every situation is different, so there is no "set policy" on how to handle it.

HL-LJ work with the coaches to try to keep any more players from entering the field. REF-UMP-BJ work the middle of the field to separate players until help arrives. Get out your data card and take down numbers, team colors, be sure to drop the yellow "hankie" on the ground because it is most certainally unsportsmanship like behavior, and the whole incident is being taped.

If it gets out of hand, like it did in SC Saturday, let the professionals handle it. That's what they get paid to do. We all talk about the player who takes his helmet off to fight; remember that you don't have any protection at all. All it takes is a shot to the head with a helmet, and your life could be in danger.

The schools pay me $65 to officiate a football contest, not riots.