Half time warm up rule: 17 & 3 USC on Coach

[d1ref2b]

My understanding of what I read in the Quarterly and what has been discussed at my local meetings is that the 3 minutes is still mandatory and if the team is late it is a 15 yard USC against the HC. IMO, If the NFHS wanted us to send guys to the locker room then they would have changed the mechanic and would have not changed the rule. I understand preventative, but to what extreme. A HS staff with 7-8 Coaches should be able to assign one person to the clock and let the HC know when he must leave the locker room.

[jaybird]

We had officials come to our locker room when I played in the early to mid- 70's.

I only hope we aren't asked by our respective state associations to become "mini-me's" of our Division I brethren, who actually have two officials accompanying each team as they come out of their locker rooms. (I know the Big 12 does that, I've seen it at the Nebraska home games)