Coach going across the field

[Forksref]

I heard of this situation in a game in our area this season: Coach calls a timeout and then walks all the way across the field to talk to the opposing coach. I am sure it was not to congratulate him on a fine game. However, it was brief and not as visibly confrontational as we might expect.

Do we have a foul here?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Forksref

I heard of this situation in a game in our area this season: Coach calls a timeout and then walks all the way across the field to talk to the opposing coach. I am sure it was not to congratulate him on a fine game. However, it was brief and not as visibly confrontational as we might expect.

Do we have a foul here?

I don't think this is a foul... it's definitely a DON'T DO THAT - and don't ever let this happen on your field.

[JRutledge]

I would have to be a really good reason not to have a foul on this play. For one he is out of the box and off the sideline and then this action could have caused other reactions. More than "Do not do that anymore" in my book.

Peace

[Welpe]

Here it'd be a UIL report minimum I think. Hopefully we prevent it from even happening in the first place but if he goes charging past the officials attempting to corral him, I think flags are coming out.

[BigBaldGuy]

Why didn't one of the officials stop him?

[kdf5]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

I don't think this is a foul... it's definitely a DON'T DO THAT - and don't ever let this happen on your field.

Unsportsmanlike Conduct. 9-8-3.... A nonplayer shall not be outside his team box.....

[legend]

Originally Posted by kdf5

Unsportsmanlike Conduct. 9-8-3.... A nonplayer shall not be outside his team box.....

The op said that a time out was requested (and I'm assuming granted) So his being on the field wouldn't fall under this rule, but he is restricted to his teams huddle at the hash. I would think that he should have had to walk past atleast 3 officials ( R,U and line judge) to get to the other sideline. One of the 3 has to stop him and advise him to return to his sideline. Then at that point you could have some type of unsportsmanlike penality.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by kdf5

Unsportsmanlike Conduct. 9-8-3.... A nonplayer shall not be outside his team box.....

You walk 15 when a player steps out of the team box during a time out? Wow.

[kdf5]

No, just when a coach walks 55 to engage another coach in an argument.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by kdf5

No, just when a coach walks 55 to engage another coach in an argument.

Inventing rules is fun.

I'm pretty sure that on most of our fields, we, or some other official on our crews, would have stopped this guy LONG before he got halfway. And if he blew through our stop sign, sure, penalize him... But if for some crazy reason we did not try to stop him from crossing the field, I can't see a penalty here assuming he does as described in the OP and doesn't "start something".