Plenty o’ games here, just not Craps
Posted by Chris Gleiter on February 2nd, 2012This coming week ending – Feb 11 (as of 2/6/2012, 2:00PM)
- Assignments: 5 games and 2 youth tournaments in San Diego are still on the slate for this “off” weekend because most of the rugby community will be taking in the IRB ‘s USA 7′s in Las Vegas.
- Protocol: Each referee is asked to remind their home team point of contact that the home club must contact the referee to confirm location, time and referee attendance. If we do this 3 weeks in a row starting this week, we should get the oral word out as that is the most effective method in this community.
- Issue of the Week: Rope Barriers
- Objective: Physically limiting line beyond which only authorized people can go during the game. So don’t get pedantic about whether its a rope or a line of kit bags, it just can’t be unsafe like a line of steel drum trash cans.
- There must be sideline ropes on both sides of the field. If only one side of the field is roped off than that is the only side that spectators will be allow to be on.
- NOBODY is allow inside the ropes except the AR or TJ, Referee and Players – A lot of referees want to be the nice guy and not enforce this but it creates problems for everyone when this is done. Medics, water carriers, reserve players and photographers are part of NOBODY.
- If the teams do not abide by these regulation you can enact the code of conduct, stop the game until they adhere to the request if they continue to ignore the referees directive.
Christopher Gleiter…
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