Re: Fed FB: Micro-Management By State

On Stardate 11/24/2003 10:19 PM, the following keys were mysteriously
typed at Scott Taylor's keyboard...

> This is how bad Micro-Management By State has become
> in Colorado ......
>
> Friday night - The Assistant Commissioner for football, who's
> never worked the sport to my knowledge, and the Assistant
> Commissioner who acts as the Officials' Liaison, a retired
> D-1 referee, are just aghast when a 30+ year veteran from our
> association lines up on the wide side of the field, instead of
> on the qb's passing arm, before every play as the R in a 5-man
> crew during a Class 5A semi-final game.
>
> What these Bozo's fail to recognize is:
>
> -  The passer's arm is a tv mechanic for 6- and 7-man crews,
>     in spite of what the Fed Officials Manual may mistakenly
>     recommend.
>
> -  The inbounds lines are closer together in tv football, where
>     6- and 7-man crews are used.
>
> -  There is FAR LESS passing in the HS game, than on tv where
>     6- and 7-man crews are used.
>
> -  Whether they believe or not, a 5-man R needs to help trail the
>    sweep when there's only one official covering the sideline.
>
>
> Saturday afternoon - These same two representatives witness the
> following play at the Class 1A - 11 Man Championship Game, worked
> by a different 5-man crew:
>
> Play 1:  On the last timed down of the 1st period, K1 punts, and the
>               kick bounces past the lone receiver, R1, at R's 20.  K2 blocks
>               R1 from the side at the ankles, causing him fall to down and
>               touch the ball.  K3 subsequently recovers and advances;
>               whereupon, the BJ, from his position ON the HL's sideline,
>               follows him to goal line and signals a TD.
>
> Ruling:  First, guess how many minutes it supposedly took to sort this out.

Here are my uneducated guesses

It took them 7 minutes to straighten it out.

>                Second, guess what their final ruling was.

Can't advance a punt, so K gets the ball where K3 recovered.

>                Third, guess which grievous offense will get all the air-time, and
>                   which will be forgotten, at next year's State Clinic.

BJ follows HL to goal line and then signals TD.

> Sad, isn't it?  :^(

Yes it is, and I have no clue what the issues are.

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