6 man mechanics

[Ed Hickland]

Try working high school games with 4-man . Now that is just plain awful.

Love to hear the stories about 5 and 6 man mechanics. Us poor suffering souls on Long Island still do it with four.

[michaelpr]

we use six man in georgia. it is easier than five or four to me. if you know the proper mechanics, you have no toubles, and it is less running. i have used seven in college. we will probably start using it in high school in a couple of years.

[ChickenOfNC]

Originally Posted by Ed Hickland

Love to hear the stories about 5 and 6 man mechanics. Us poor suffering souls on Long Island still do it with four.

God bless you.

Our BJ went down in the 2nd qtr of a varsity game 2 years ago. So of course, both teams decide they're going to play Spurrier ball in the second half. Being a wing, that was not fun.

[The Roamin' Umpire]

Originally Posted by Ed Hickland

Love to hear the stories about 5 and 6 man mechanics. Us poor suffering souls on Long Island still do it with four.

In fact, I believe that's most, if not all, of NY. Certainly that's what we've got up here around Albany, and it sounds like Theisey might have the same a bit downstate from us.

[Theisey]

As far as I know, only Section-I uses 5 officials on a regular basis. I'm in section-IX and it's a rarity to have a school request that additional official.

[STEVED21]

Originally Posted by Theisey

As far as I know, only Section-I uses 5 officials on a regular basis. I'm in section-IX and it's a rarity to have a school request that additional official.

Yes. Section 1 had 5-man crews in almost 50% of the Westchester games last year. The number has been growing each year.

[Ed Hickland]

Originally Posted by STEVED21

Yes. Section 1 had 5-man crews in almost 50% of the Westchester games last year. The number has been growing each year.

How it is decided to add the fifth man to a game?

[STEVED21]

The schools (at our urging) ask for the 5th and in some cases a timer. All 5 on the field get paid a full fee. There is a separate timer fee. We started this about 5 years ago and the numbers increase each year.

[jaybird]

I don't have any experience with 6-man or know of any using this mechanic in our area.
In Oklahoma we use 5-man mechanics on every varsity class level except 8-man games, which is 4-man mechanics. With today's passing games this is sometimes difficult to get all the eligibiles accounted for. I would think that a 6-man crew would have a little easier time of it. Currently there is a push to cover the semi-finals and championship games with a 7-man crew. After working some college, 7 is the way to go. Man, that is sweet!
BTW, we use 4 on sub-varsity games.