Football Dad -- "Late Hit"

[OverAndBack]

I'm beginning to think there's no easy answer.

Try to break it up and risk being complicit in an injury.

Stand aside and risk being hit with a sin of omission.

Maybe that's why we get the big bucks.

[Bob M.]

REPLY: waltjp...here's what Alan advises for your last question:

"If it really gets away and there are too many people, you still need to
focus on not letting it get worse. That's why you need to be very
pro-active if it even looks like a fight is 10 minutes away. At least
one guy in every fight usually doesn't want to be there, anyway. If
they have a chance to retreat, they often will, especially if you are
looming close by, giving the appearance that you are looking for a
victim of your own.

The longer it goes on and the more people involved, of course, the worse
it is for us. So you need to do something other than stand around.
Separate somebody. Push, pull, blow whistles -- act like more of an
escaped mental patient than they do. It's your field that they are
desecrating.

Ever see films where officials are standing around during one of these
things. Anything look worse? or more out of control?"