Cibolo Steele catch in the end zone for touchdown

[HoustonRef]

Glad I could provide a laugh or two.

We don't use 4 for a chain crew, but thanks for sharing. So outside of the big chapters that would need to be on board for this switc,  it shouldn't be an issue, got it.

[TexDoc]

  Thanks, I needed a good laugh. Most chapters outside of Houston/Dallas/FW/SA don't get officials to run those things anyway. I think you guys could give up having 4 officials on the chain crew to start training F's and S's at the upper levels.

I know in our area, we provide chains whenever and wherever requested.  It is a real challenge, especially when the game is 80 miles away.  It is good experience for those guy, but we should certainly limit how far a guy has to travel to make $35.  It certainly isn't worth his time.  We have some former officials and guys that just don't have time to full-time officiate that just run the clock, and that works well.

[joelw83]

7 man mechanics.  I am an R, 3rd year, but was an L for 20 years.  I also am an S on a college crew.  As an R, my crew had a playoff game where the coaches requested a 7 man crew.  I used to HS B's that had also worked as a F & S on a college crew.  We didn't miss a beat.  Last year, I worked as an S in a quarterfinal 4A game.  The F was also an R.  We were out of position as listed on our profile, but we had both worked deep wings in college.  In most chapters, it shouldn't be that hard to find an F or an S that has worked the position before.