wrcsage Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 5 minutes ago, SoIndRef said: The video is from this year. Brian Lewis is sitting in on it, and he just was hired at the IHSAA. Also, they are talking about shortening the game. That is what the rules allow. Not running the clock. If both coaches agree to shorten the remaining periods to 5 minutes, THAT is the rule interpretation. Not a running clock. It is specifically said in the video that if a game is 63-0 in the 1st quarter then both sides should probably come together and agree to shorten the game or “accelerate” the use of the mercy rule. Damn you officials are stubborn! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 19 minutes ago, SoIndRef said: The video is from this year. Brian Lewis is sitting in on it, and he just was hired at the IHSAA. Also, they are talking about shortening the game. That is what the rules allow. Not running the clock. If both coaches agree to shorten the remaining periods to 5 minutes, THAT is the rule interpretation. Not a running clock. ok....thanks for clarifying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobref Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 4 hours ago, wrcsage said: Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Marriott East hotel Indianapolis around approximately 9:15 am. 43 minutes ago, Irishman said: Here is what I believe is the flaw in the video....The Mercy Rule was just a proposal at that point. There was consideration given to what it would look like, including having coaches agree to things outside what is written. So, what was said in the video as a proposal did not make it into the actual rule or by law. This comes straight from Mr. Faulkens this morning. Context is included, so all will understand. When the Mercy Rule was first implemented in 2019, the directive to the officials was that it constituted the only manner in which normal timing could be altered. Agreements of the teams to the contrary notwithstanding. The idea was to take the decision out of the hands of the coaches, who often had competing motivations. Then the pandemic came and the thinking changed a little bit. It was thought that with lower numbers, quarantines, abrupt cancellations and reschedulings becoming commonplace, it was best to give the local authorities, i.e., game management and the coaches, some additional flexibility when mismatches occur. @Irishman and @SoIndRef are correct, the statements in the video about Mercy Rule timing starting in the 1st half were just part of a larger discussion and not pronouncements of a change in the application of the Rule. So that there can be no doubt, this is the official IHSAA interpretation of the Mercy Rule and the role of coaches' agreement to alter timing: Teams are allowed to shorten periods by agreement in the first half, meaning a period would be less than 12 minutes, and normal timing rules are applied during that shortened period. But they can’t implement Mercy Rule timing until the 2nd half. Once the 2nd half begins, Mercy Rule timing is the exclusive way in which the timing rules can be altered. Thanks to everyone for bringing this situation to light so we could get clarification. I know it got a bit acrimonious at times, and that was regrettable. But on behalf of the officials in Indiana, thanks for helping us make sure what we're doing is right going forward. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Seems like a great post to close the topic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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