Coach sits... or not
Federation Rules - Between sets 1 and 2, the R1 observes the libero and one of her teammates pulling off their uniform tops to switch from being libero to team member and vice versa. The R1 gives a yellow card to both players. Since the players were standing in the bench area when they pulled off their uniform top, does this mean that team’s coach can no longer stand for the rest of the match? In other words, would the coach also get carded? The bottom line is... are the players considered BENCH PERSONNEL between sets?
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coach is warned
12.2.1 Situation A:
At the end of the warm ups, Team S players go to their bench and remove their warm up shirts to change into uniform tops. The referees ignore the incident. Ruling: Incorrect procedure. Comment: Removing any part of the uniform outside the dressing room or other private area shall be dealt with by the referee with a warning to the coach. State associations may have specific policies regarding removal of uniforms in the competition area. |
However, what constitutes a warning? If a verbal warning to the coach is given, then no they don't have to sit as no sanction was given. If you define a warning as a sanction, then yes, the coach must sit if you apply the sanction.
That's one of those "in the spirit" type situations, imo, so I'd have given a verbal warning/reminder to the head coach. Though if a sanction is the appropriate reprimanding based off of rules and/or interpretations from the higher ups, then so be it; issue the sanction. I'm not super involved in NFHS so I'm not sure what other (official) interpretations of that rule would be. |
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