California Guys, Please Tell Me This Ain't So!

[HLin NC]

there are mistakes and then there is FUBAR and this crew FUBAR'ed. Yet we can all learn from this.

1) Cover all topics in pre-game conference. If the WH doesn't ask, remind him. Better to tick him off early and get things right than remain silent and make the paper.

2)Know your local/state/league/conference/association/section regs.

3)Those flippant comments we think are cute/funny/hilarious can bite us on the butt.

[bbcof83]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

3)Those flippant comments we think are cute/funny/hilarious can bite us on the butt.

I think this is where the situation went pear shaped. The first story was based on the "We don't get paid for overtime" comment (article was titled "No Overtime Pay, No Overtime Play"). Seems to me one of the officials was trying to be funny or was just plain careless in a heated moment. Sans this comment I think the headline would have read more like "Officials Confuse OT Rule, Game Should Have Continued" and they would have been in A LOT less hot water.

[kfo9494]

I remember back in the late 70's when I started calling- that we had some funky rule that both coaches had to agree, BEFORE the game, if an overtime period was played.
Of course this only lead to problems.
I was at a game when one coach said yes and the other said no. At the end of the game the score was tied and all the fans expected an overtime period. When we reminded the coach that he said he did not want to play he then said that he did want to play overtime. He was actually yelling at us as we ran off the field. The fans saw him and was to the point of rioting. Needless to say we were lucky to get away from the field.
He did 'man-up' and later said that he did tell the officials that he did not want overtime but the trouble was already done.
thanks goodness that our state now requires overtime for all football games in all classes and age groups. The coach has no say so in determining if overtime is played.
Now-- no problems.