Not NFHS!

[chymechowder]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

- Joe Cacciatore, the assigner for officials in the Catholic Conference and Greater Boston League

That's all I need to know. If my assigner says its right, its right.

haha, really? what if your assignor doesn't know the rules?

because that's the case here.

there is zero rules foundation for this call. for those who say there is, please point to the rule reference. I do college and MA highschool. (I'm on the same board as the assignor you quoted; I work for other assingors though.) there is nothing in ncaa Rule 9 that supports this flag.

those of you who've said there are memos or videos from the powers that be saying that this sort of thing should be flagged--can you please post one? I have never seen any literature suggesting that raising a fist in celebration = unsportsmanlike conduct.

I don't personally know the official who flagged this. but i've since spoken with officials who've said "Hey, the book says you can't raise your hand."

this is the problem. there are officials who simply don't know the rules.

so what to do? we could point out the mistake, all learn from it, and as a local board become better for the education.

or we could circle the wagons, get defensive, blame the player, blame the media, stubbornly cite rules that don't exist, or just chalk it up to a "judgment call."

ugh.