Amen to Sportiemom. Anyone who has ever kept the clock or the book knows how easy it is to make a mistake. It's very easy to try and enter a player's number and hit the score button and change the score...or get on and off switched between your mind and finger because you might want to get a glimpse of your child playing.....honest mistakes that are immediately fixed; however, not nearly fast enough for the rednecks yelping in the stands thinking you've done it on purpose.
Please, there are at least 2 people (usually 4) taking the score, keeping stats...and oh yea, 3 refs....does anyone honestly think a clock or bookkeeper could do anything blatant and get by.
The clock keepers are volunteers making an honest living by day, leaving work and losing pay, and do it because they love the kids. Why don't some of you rednecks give up a smoke break and keep the clock or the book?.....oh and please don't make a mistake.