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With the commotion over, both teams revert to playing defensively, which is doubtless fascinating to fans of the more technical aspects of the game, but rather leaves you cold. It does give you a chance to chat with Julia and you discover that her interest is not purely recreational; as the college's Tutor for Women, she regards it as her responsibility to monitor the deportment of girls, such as the players and cheerleaders, who are acting as ambassadors of the university, to confirm that their public behaviour reflects the ethos of your employer in the best possible light. Basically, she's there to check that they take their spankings well and don't wilfully misbehave. More than one student at past functions has found herself thrashed to hysterics at a large event and then called into the Tutor for Women's office the next day for further chastisement for bringing the college into disrepute.

The half-time whistle blows after just a few minutes of spanking and injury time with the score unchanged and the two teams retire to their respective touchlines, but that is where any similarity to your expectations ends. The cheerleaders come back on to continue their routines, but even the sight of beautiful young ladies contorting themselves and somersaulting for your entertainment fails to distract you from the activity of the players. After taking a drink from one of the water bottles being passed around, the footballers line up side by side with their legs slightly spread, boot to boot with their neighbours. As one, they bare their bottoms and bend over, linking arms for support. Then, whilst the coaches stand in front, talking to them collectively and individually, assistant coaches pass behind with large, heavy straps which they use to belt the backsides of the girls whose performance falls short of what's expected. You're interested to note that both teams use what appear to be identical rectangular straps with long round handles, so either they're provided by the venue or they're standard across the sport.

The players are facing towards the pitch, maybe so that their coach's team talks can't be lip-read by the opposition, so you can see the jiggling behinds of your own side, but the faces of their opponents. From where you're sitting, it appears that the college squad is getting a harsher punishment than the other team, but they seem to be handling it better. Many of the visitors are in floods of tears after only a few lashes and have to be held up by their teammates to stop them falling flat on their faces on the grass.

The intensity of each competitor's punishment must reflect factors of which you're unaware, because you're completely unable to predict the severity of any of the girls' strappings. Players that you thought had performed admirably are absolutely roasted, whilst some who didn't impress you escape torment almost entirely. You keep a special eye out for your naked student, whose marvellous backside quivers under a prolonged strapping which you have no idea what she did to warrant. You like to think that the Asian nineteen year old's ability to hold her position unflinchingly under the onslaught is due in no small part to your strictness in dealing with her and her colleagues in the past. Her back is arched sufficiently that a football could rest there quite safely, with no danger of falling. Julia is inspecting the action minutely through a pair of opera glasses, which makes more sense now that you know it's part of her job.

When the strappings are over, the players straighten up and return their clothing to its proper place (those that have clothing, at least), before starting on the half-time refreshments. Despite the college side taking a significantly heavier spanking, both teams finish at more or less the same time. Whilst there are tears on your side, the girls brush them away and get on with things, sometimes running on the spot or bouncing on the balls of their feet to keep warm and ready to compete. The opposition takes a bit longer to recover and you wonder whether they received a worse chastisement than usual so their coaches weren't shown up by the greater dedication of their university counterparts. If the spanking is part of the competition, then the college definitely won and that's reflected by the greater confidence when the girls return to the pitch, buoyed by cheering from the crowd.

The cheerleaders prance off once more and as the match resumes, you realize you missed the opportunity to stretch your legs during the hiatus in play. In fact, you didn't notice anyone leaving and you don't suppose you're the only person to find the half-time strapping more thrilling than the football itself.