Recent content by dammitbobby

Here are the released rule modifications for 2024: https://www.uiltexas.org/files/athletics/2024_NCAA_UIL_Rules_-_Updated.pdf -no change to uniform policy, as Coach said -no change in technology on the field -coaches' booth and locker rooms can have some tech -no change on killing the clock...

https://www.uiltexas.org/files/athletics/Six_Man_Rules_and_ARs_For_Publication_2023-24.pdf Specifically, look at number 20: When a team is in an offensive or scrimmage kick formation, and no player is in position to take a hand-to-hand snap, a defensive player may not initiate contact with the...

From an officiating perspective, the issue is rooted in the fact that it's a rule in the rulebook: 1-4-3. All players must wear the following mandatory equipment: a. Helmet. b. Hip pads. c. Jersey. d. Knee pads. e. Mouthpiece. f. Pants. g. Shoulder pads. h. Socks. (shoes...

Football's the only sport I officiate, so I wasn't aware of that... although it makes sense, since it's the UIL charter that gives them the right to 'mutually agree upon officials.' That said, for other sports, I don't think it's as common, it?

Not really an axe to grind. Just want to effect positive change to the sport and avocation that I love.

Yes, they can request specific individuals/crews from chapters and scratch those that are assigned to them that they don't want. I don't of any other sport, at any level, that does this, except Texas football. Can you imagine the outrage if Nick Saban got to pick his officials and then had a...

Again - this is a temporary bandaid. It doesn't address the root of the problem. I recall a few years ago TASO executives calling championship games with players wearing daisy duke shorts almost - where was your outrage and criticism for them, and every other time it happens? Just because...

You are putting this all on officials, and that's wrong. This is trying to fix a symptom, not the problem. Until coaches are moved from selecting officials - which will likely never happen - they dangle the opportunity for corruption. Not real sure why you think my integrity should be...

I call BS on the coaches caring about this - they sign a card before every game saying that their player are properly equipped. It's 100% on the coaches to meet and that requirement, not officials. It's not an issue for coaches, they don't care about the rule, or the card they sign. If they DO...

Without commenting on your opinion that the official had an axe to grind, what I would have done, is ruled it unnecessary roughness. Same penalty, same result. According to the rules, if the play is dead - which in this case it is as soon as he goes out of bounds - there can't be a tackle...

Regarding uniforms, rule or no rule, it's not going to be enforced. Save your breath, save the ink, it will not happen as long as coaches hold sway over officials.

I believe this kind of became a thing when I was a youth football coach... for that level, I think it's valuable in that ANY formalized training for people who don't coach sports professionally is a good thing, instead of dads just reliving their glory days from when making heads-down tackles...

I don't know if we're 'respectable' enough or not, and I can't speak for our chapter assigner but can say with high confidence that Abilene can't cover - not just because of distance but because of lack of officials. We picked up one, if not two more schools to cover this year and we are...

Hence why I said degree/cert - you work on the degree, then the cert. as far as hiring w/o one or both, the sad reality is there's not enough already-qualified people in teaching roles; it is what it is. The alternative is having no one in the classroom. Robin Hood is a whole different...