Running Clock rule added in Ohio

[JRutledge]

Welcome to most of the civilized high school sporting world.

But I can see why this was needed when you had in the article a coach saying that coaches should come to some kind of agreement on their own. . I know in this state there are coaches that cannot agree on many things and this takes away their choice. Here we have a 40 point rule and it works well. No arguing over what we do or even how the rule applies.

Peace

[HLin NC]

NC had the same problem. To add to the "coaches had to agree" issue, the officials were not permitted to broach the subject, we had to wait for one to mention it and then shuffle over to the other one and get his opinion.

One, usually the one kicking butt at halftime, would ask "are you gonna run it?"
Us- "Dunno Coach, we gotta go ask him now and get back to you on it."
Sometimes the coach behind will normally say something like "you're gonna run it, aren't you?" Us- "if you say it's ok we will". Him-"let's get the #€\\ outta here".

Starting this season it will be automatic at any point after halftime with a 42 pt differential.

[csb1971]

A 30 point differential in the second half seems a bit low to me, but that's just my opinion. Here in Colorado it is a 40 point margin, regardless of the stage in the game.

[JRutledge]

I agree that 30 seems a bit low. I guess the question I would have, does that rule not apply if a team gets under 30 points? In my state, once you ring the bell, you apply the mercy rule the rest of the game. Then again it is 40 points, the game is pretty much over at that point.

Peace

[Tom.OH]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I agree that 30 seems a bit low. I guess the question I would have, does that rule not apply if a team gets under 30 points? In my state, once you ring the bell, you apply the mercy rule the rest of the game. Then again it is 40 points, the game is pretty much over at that point.

Peace

If the lead drops below 30 points regular timing rules will resume.

[csb1971]

That makes sense that things revert back to normal if it goes under 30. Colorado's stays running even if the differential drops under 40 again. But, like JRut said, by that point it is basically over anyway.

[Texas Aggie]

We have it for private schools, but not public. I thought they might add it this year after the fiasco with one state champion who beat a district foe like 91-0. Some idiot filed a bullying complaint against the head coach of the winning team. What was baffling was whoever "received" the report did something other than wad it up and throw it away. Anyway, I thought they'd go ahead and do the right thing and mandate the running clock. Too many times, the losing coach is so pissed at his players (nothing to do with coaching, of course) he wants them to "be taught a lesson," or some such nonsense. He doesn't seem to understand that injury frequency increases and that game management becomes hell in many of those situations. In other situations, the winning coach has something personal against the other coach or staff and really does want to lay it on.

If there's a better example of the proper time for the state organization to save coaches from themselves, I don't know what it is.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by csb1971

That makes sense that things revert back to normal if it goes under 30. Colorado's stays running even if the differential drops under 40 again. But, like JRut said, by that point it is basically over anyway.

Had a losing coach go ballistic when he scored a meaningless touchdown with 1 minute left, making it 40-6 (JV game). He wanted the clock to stop so he could try to score another one.

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

NC had the same problem. To add to the "coaches had to agree" issue, the officials were not permitted to broach the subject, we had to wait for one to mention it and then shuffle over to the other one and get his opinion.

One, usually the one kicking butt at halftime, would ask "are you gonna run it?"
Us- "Dunno Coach, we gotta go ask him now and get back to you on it."
Sometimes the coach behind will normally say something like "you're gonna run it, aren't you?" Us- "if you say it's ok we will". Him-"let's get the #€\\ outta here".

The ability to produce a successful outcome of such discussions, is an important skill a Referee must possess.