Re: Fed FB: Micro-Management By State

"Paige Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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.

I was told between 15-20.


> >                Second, guess what their final ruling was.
>
> Can't advance a punt, so K gets the ball where K3 recovered.

Swell, but they did manage to miss the BBW.


> >                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.

The issue is, these clowns are more concerned about where a veteran
R positions himself before the snap, than a State Championship crew
actually knowing the actual rules.

--  Scott