Oklahoma Playoffs -- Update

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by umpjim

Now that that's settled as I believe it should be, is the rule kick of the enforcement of this particular rule something that should not be expected of playoff officials? Or would many not have gotten the enforcement correct. Is it correct that there is a sore point regarding the suit that brought the rule inception? This baseball guy would think that if you know to throw the flag you would know how to enforce it.

In a perfect world, all officials in any sport enforce EVERY rule situation correctly and never make mistakes. However, ANY official, in ANY sport, who has been doing this long enough to understand reality, never forgets they're only one play away from their NEXT brain fart.

It's wise to remember, There, but for the grace of God, go I".

[Reffing Rev.]

The R I work college games with says before you throw your flag know: the foul, the number, the signal and the enforcement.

The hs crew I work with as R I push them to tell me the enforcement, and in JV games I will intentionally suggest an incorrect enforcement to see if anyone catches it.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by ajmc

In a perfect world, all officials in any sport enforce EVERY rule situation correctly and never make mistakes. However, ANY official, in ANY sport, who has been doing this long enough to understand reality, never forgets they're only one play away from their NEXT brain fart.

It's wise to remember, There, but for the grace of God, go I".

You'd think that of 5 officials one would know the rule, but I get what happens -- of the other 4 officials, 2 aren't sure and the other 2 are intimidated by the R so nothing gets corrected.

This is something that I plan on covering when our crew has its year end meeting. We worked as deep into the playoffs -- and the lesson to take away is that you don't want to end up on Twitter and Facebook cause nobody's ready to step up and save the crew. It happens Week 1, nobody knows. It happens in a state quarterfinal or semifinal, and it's a nationwide story.