The officiating crew from Friday's Temple City-Arcadia contest that ended in a 28-28 tie---photo courtesy of Calvin Hang
This is from the L.A. Times as they followed up Friday’s story with CIF, the officials, and Temple City’s Anthony White.
Arcadia High’s non-league football game against Temple City ended in a 28-28 tie Friday night after officials informed the coaches that there would be no extra period.
That’s not all they said, according to Temple City Coach Anthony White. As the officials left the field, White said Saturday, one said “something to the effect of, ‘We don’t get paid overtime, so we’re not going to play overtime.’
“No disrespect to him, maybe he just said it as a joke,” White said, “but when you put in the type of hours coaches and players do, you try to give the crowd a show and you try to compete.”
Umpire Darren Winkley, who worked the game as part of the crew from the San Gabriel Valley Football Officials Assn., said none of the officials made a comment about overtime pay. Winkley said his crew’s policy was not to allow overtime before league games.
But Southern Section spokesman Thom Simmons said officials must allow overtime if the schools involved agree to play extra periods. Both White and Arcadia counterpart Jon Dimalante said they wanted to keep playing.
“The officials are supposed to be there until the game ends, period,” Simmons said. “You get paid from when the game starts to the game ends, depending on what those schools agree to.”
Simmons said officials found to have skirted section rules could be reprimanded by their sanctioning body and have their playoff assignments curtailed.
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