Mandatory warm-up period

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by InsideTheStripe

It doesn't say post the 3 minutes at the end of the intermission, ensure both teams are present and start the clock. It says post the 3 minutes at the end of intermission and immediately start the clock. If your state wants to do something else, that's their prerogative, but let's not pretend there is ambiguity in what the NFHS wants done.

Maybe I am missing something and coming late to this discussion. Why do we have to ensure that both teams are on the field before we start the 3 minutes? That is not what the rule change did. We run the 3 minutes right after the halftime clock runs out. It is not our job to tell the coach how to use or not how to use that time frame. But they will be penalized if they are not on the field in time.

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