Apparently We Still Have A Long Way To Go...

Interesting official's ruling from the glorious state of Texas:

In a UIL high school dual match, a female official made an interesting ruling when a male player stopped play because he was cramping.

The official quickly pounced on the opportunity to start her stop watch and then proceeded to violate more rules that any sane person could even imagine.  Here are some of the official's stats for the day:

*  Allowed the player to roll on the ground for 3 minutes before doing anything.
*  Asked the player what he wanted to do and then called for the assistant coach who was 8 courts away.
*  Allowed the assistant coach to take 9 minutes to get to the cramping player.
*  Allowed the coach to talk to the player and rub on his leg for 18 minutes before asking them if they were done.
*  Told the opposing coach that the boy needed time to recover from his cramps and time to "rehydrate."
*  Finally called time after 30 minutes and told the players to resume play.

Special note:  The player who was allowed a 30 minute timeout for cramping (when he should have been defaulted), came back to win the match.

Obviously, we have a long way to go in our training if this is considered acceptable.  But then, if they can foul up a cramping incident at the US Open, I guess we don't want to be outdone here in Texas...