First impression?

[Scrapper1]

I arrived at my game site a little early today, and was pleasantly surprised to see my partner already at the scorer's table. As I crossed the gym to the table, my partner moved to the net and began to measure it. . . with a tape measure.

I've never seen anyone do this before today. Is it accepted practice? Everyone I've ever seen has used a chain that hangs from the top of the net to the floor.

I thought maybe the guy is a new official and hasn't gotten all of his equipment yet. So I asked him how long he'd been officiating and he said 15 years.