Coaches on the Field

[Derock1986]

Originally posted by AndrewMcCarthy
If you're going to strictly enforce keeping coaches off the field, why not use the penalties in the actual rules instead of making up this "timeout/delay of game" procedure??

In the youth league I officiate, the timeliness of the game has also been a big concern of everyone involved. The games generally run longer than the 1 hour allotted time which throws the start times off for the following 6 or 7 games. If we have to blow our whistle to stop the game and clock to tell a coach who is not suppose to be on the field to get off, then it slows the game down. Furthermore, the coaches would rather be charged a time out instead of penalized for yardage. It was a win-win situation as far as we were concerned so we modified the rule accordingly.