Ball boys on sideline

[coachie]

Anyone think that the opposing teams ball boys should be on their sideline not yours? We have had the worst luck this year with ball boys chirping away at our team and coaches. It causes problems and arguments when it could be avoided. Shouldn't the rules be changed to keep ball boys on their own sideline ?

[joelee]

I almost fell over. In KY I had never even imagined that people would have ball boys on the opposing teams sideline like college and pro. We have never allowed that here as far as I know and I've been coaching since 93.

[PSS]

We haven't had any problems. We use our JH quarterbacks and the opposing teams have never had trouble. Nor have we had trouble with their ball boys being on our sidelines.

[larrymoe]

Sept 30, 2014 8:14:32 GMT -6 joelee said:

I almost fell over. In KY I had never even imagined that people would have ball boys on the opposing teams sideline like college and pro. We have never allowed that here as far as I know and I've been coaching since 93.

Agreed.  My 9 year old daughter is our ball boy.  I'd never put her, or any other kid, on an opposing sideline.

[coachie]

The problem usually occurs when the other team's ball boy is a JV football player or an injured varsity player and is on our sideline. For some reason, the referees want the ball boys only to be on the home side. The last few years it's been a bit kooky.

[PSS]

Sept 30, 2014 10:20:00 GMT -6 coachie said:

The problem usually occurs when the other team's ball boy is a JV football player or an injured varsity player and is on our sideline. For some reason, the referees want the ball boys only to be on the home side. The last few years it's been a bit kooky.

We play by NCAA rules so each team has ball boys on both sidelines because of the 40 second clock.  This is the new rule that was implemented this year.  As I stated above we haven't had any problems with ball boys on our side lines or the opposing team screwing with our ball boys.