Hi all,

I received an email from my captain awhile back (forwarded from the Director) explicitly stating that games are to end and the field be turned over to the oncoming team for their allotted start time. One of the measures taken to ensure that this was going to happen was that no points would begin in the final minute of play.

Tonight, unfortunately this didn't happen and the final 10:00 game got shortchanged on UM1.

I'm wondering is it the responsibility of the incoming team to tell the other teams that their time is up or remind them not to start a point with 31 seconds showing or should the other teams abide by the rules and be courteous and give up the field at the end of their time?

The reason I'm asking this is that it seems like this rule is not being abided by even those who send out the emails informing us of them.

Can someone please enlighten me on what the protocol is for this situation should it arrive again in the future?

Thanks

Ian

I should note that I looked at the email again this morning and I made a mistake above. The email states that "Do not start a point with 2:00 minutes left".

That would make me then ask why this team started a point with 1:48 left then again with 0:31 left?

Post edited by: MoneyWizard, at: 2010/03/15 16:58

When can I expect a response to this? I really would like to know the answer.

Is the obligation on the incoming team to just "take the field" or is the outgoing team supposed to be courteous and leave the field when their time is up?

I would expect that this is something other teams have had issues with and may also want to know how to handle the situation I described above.

Ian

Hey Ian,

Sorry for the delay.
We've been considering different feedback about this issue.
There will be an email to the captains to clarify everything.
In regards to the specific game you are referring to we got distracted with an injury on the field. Regardless you're right the game should have ended at 0:00 time on the clock.
Fortunately the game ended about 3 throws after that.

Please read the captains email for a full explanation.

thanks

this same thing happened to mobius witch is the team i play for and trever did not get the email and our game ended still with two minutes left on the clock.