Lesson to officials is to call the T at the beginning of the game despite the good intentions.

 

Let's say they ignored it. Now it's the 4th quarter and it's a tie game with 30 seconds left and the pink team has the ball going for the last shot. Defensive team now brings the violation to the attention of the officials. What now? If you ignore it and the other team scores at the buzzer you had an impact on the game and there will be heck to pay with your assignor. If you do what is right and enforce the rule at that point you impacted the game again. Not good either way.

 

Nail it at the beginning of the game.

Lesson to officials is to call the T at the beginning of the game despite the good intentions.

 

Let's say they ignored it. Now it's the 4th quarter and it's a tie game with 30 seconds left and the pink team has the ball going for the last shot. Defensive team now brings the violation to the attention of the officials. What now? If you ignore it and the other team scores at the buzzer you had an impact on the game and there will be heck to pay with your assignor. If you do what is right and enforce the rule at that point you impacted the game again. Not good either way.

 

Nail it at the beginning of the game.

 

Yes, yes and yes. There would've been no need for the opposing coach to bring it to their attention...they would've seen it themselves (unless they're color blind). Would've been a simple matter to bring both coaches together and ask if the switch had been approved. If it was, then the game isn't interrupted or affected. If it wasn't, then the game starts with a T the same way it would if a player dunks during warmups when the officials are out. For me, it wasn't that the officials enforced the rule, it was WHEN they enforced it. They should have been more proactive.

For me, it wasn't that the officials enforced the rule, it was WHEN they enforced it. They should have been more proactive.

 

They tried to do the "nice thing" which wasn't the "right thing."

By the way, I still thing the majority of the blame falls on the opposing coach. He is the tool, in my opinion. I mean, it wasn't like they just changed uniform colors for the heck of it. And I would be willing to bet some serious, hard cold cash that there were announcements made during/after the JV game that promoted the fact that the girls' jerseys were going to be auctioned off for charity. Is the man that ignorant of what's going on around him?

They tried to do the "nice thing" which wasn't the "right thing."

 

Agreed.

I don't have a rule book handy, but I thought that there is something in the rules that states that if a team does not have the proper uniform style (not talking about a number in a scorebook issue), then they are to play the game and notify the state association. I'm not aware of any penalty though. Can some one with a rule book clarify?

High school refs cannot do that. They are accountable.

All the refs are "Accountable", but they are under control once the ball is thrown up. I would given the "T" at the opening and moved on.

All the refs are "Accountable", but they are under control once the ball is thrown up..

 

"Under control" doesn't give them the leeway to ignore rules.

Would you ignore the rule that says a player must be listed in the scorebook 10 minutes prior to the game? It doesn't have an impact on the game, right?

 

But that does impact the game. If a coach is planning on an opposing player to play & his name doesn't appear in the book, then that can change his team's preparation.

 

Again, I'm not blaming the officials because they did follow what is outlined in the rulebook. The timing of the technical is pretty cheap, if the rule does indeed say "when discovered." The opposing coach is the jerk in this situation.

I don't have a rule book handy, but I thought that there is something in the rules that states that if a team does not have the proper uniform style (not talking about a number in a scorebook issue), then they are to play the game and notify the state association. I'm not aware of any penalty though. Can some one with a rule book clarify?

 

10-5-4 says a head coach is assessed a direct T if he/she allows someone to wear an illegal uniform.

But that does impact the game. If a coach is planning on an opposing player to play & his name doesn't appear in the book, then that can change his team's preparation.

 

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So you assume a head coach looks at the scorebook to determine if a player is playing? He just looks down at the other bench or watches warmups.

 

Let's change it. Let's say the star player is listed as #23 in the book but starts the game wearing #32. Should the officials ignore that? It doesn't impact the game.

So you assume a head coach looks at the scorebook to determine if a player is playing? He just looks down at the other bench or watches warmups.

 

Let's change it. Let's say the star player is listed as #23 in the book but starts the game wearing #32. Should the officials ignore that? It doesn't impact the game.

 

I know in high school, the last thing we did in the locker room before a game was go over who is guarding whom. Coach got the starters from the book. So yes, I think that's how it was determined.

 

If the numbers are mixed up, that's going to effect the game. If referee Clyde calls a foul on #23 & reports the foul to the table as being on #23, there will be no #23 in the book to give the foul to, right?

I know in high school, the last thing we did in the locker room before a game was go over who is guarding whom. Coach got the starters from the book. So yes, I think that's how it was determined.

 

If the numbers are mixed up, that's going to effect the game. If referee Clyde calls a foul on #23 & reports the foul to the table as being on #23, there will be no #23 in the book to give the foul to, right?

 

Come on, homie. The player is still getting the foul. The team also gets a T. Did the jersey number somehow change the strategy for your coach?

Come on, homie. The player is still getting the foul. The team also gets a T. Did the jersey number somehow change the strategy for your coach?

Clyde, Randy has made some good points. refs don't ignore rules, but as a fellow human a mistake can be made. I was told many times in Ref/Umpire clinics that once the game has started you have to "be in complete control". It was said more to us than anything.

Come on, homie. The player is still getting the foul. The team also gets a T. Did the jersey number somehow change the strategy for your coach?

 

The jersey number doesn't have anything to do with the coach, but the names in the book do.

 

The jersey numbers do have an effect on players being assessed fouls. Again, if Clyde calls #23 for a foul, but there's no #23 in the book, then that does effect the game, does it not? That's why that rule is in place, correct?

 

What changed between the start of the game and halftime that merited this technical be given?