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Old Sun Nov 26, 2017, 12:05pm
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Intelligently Applied ...

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Originally Posted by VaTerp View Post
As much as some want to try make officiating and play calling black and white and act as if it occurs in a vacuum, that's simply never going to be the case. There is always gray area that requires context and the ability to "intelligently" apply the rules to each play situation.
Therefore, it is important to know the intent and purpose of a rule so that it may
be intelligently applied in each play situation.


There's a reason why this is at the beginning of the rulebook.
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