now understand please, that i'm not a super ref, but, i have reffed NPPL and NCPA a few times. and frankly, anyone that thinks neutrality is a viable option is incorrect. there simply is no time in game conditions to call a player neutral, perform the check and then indicate players live status.
we get as close to them as needed: wrap around them, get between them and the bunker, look over thier shoulders and chase them down but we do not cause them to shift position unless absolutely unavoidable. we are taught to tell them to "keep playing" until we either clear them or pull them.
you have 10-14 players many of whom will take advantage of whatever they can to gain an edge ( including shooting YOU to creat distraction), a good sized are to cover with 6-7 refs who may not be in thier zones depending on what they see with 5-7 minutes and 60 + games in a 12 to 14 hour day in which you'll take hundreds of hits.
not to mention the in and post game biotching you get from the sideliners who swear you made a bad call.
the closest thing to neutrality (NPPL anyways) is when the flag carrier gets to the hang and the game is halted for the player to be checked. and this is regardless of what the rules say. i'm telling you what happens in a game and the way we are told to ref.
imho, calling neutrality could be seen as a game changing event which the losing team would almost certainly try to use to thier advantage post game.
we get as close to them as needed: wrap around them, get between them and the bunker, look over thier shoulders and chase them down but we do not cause them to shift position unless absolutely unavoidable. we are taught to tell them to "keep playing" until we either clear them or pull them.
you have 10-14 players many of whom will take advantage of whatever they can to gain an edge ( including shooting YOU to creat distraction), a good sized are to cover with 6-7 refs who may not be in thier zones depending on what they see with 5-7 minutes and 60 + games in a 12 to 14 hour day in which you'll take hundreds of hits.
not to mention the in and post game biotching you get from the sideliners who swear you made a bad call.
the closest thing to neutrality (NPPL anyways) is when the flag carrier gets to the hang and the game is halted for the player to be checked. and this is regardless of what the rules say. i'm telling you what happens in a game and the way we are told to ref.
imho, calling neutrality could be seen as a game changing event which the losing team would almost certainly try to use to thier advantage post game.
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