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a veteran official
It's amazing how many "veterans" have no clue as to the rules...
Furthermore, I am amazed at how many officials in general do not spend any time studying the rules. I am far from being a bookworm, but at least I know the rules! We had a situation we were discussing the other night with some officials and ones response was "I've never heard of that." I can't remember what it was, but I know that it was something right out of the rule book. So, I said, "You know, you might consider reading the rule book." in half-jest. We laughed about it, but I hope that the point was made!
I wasn't very good at knowing the rules my first year, but after about 3-4 times where I felt that what we were doing was wrong, but didn't know it was wrong (I was just going with my partners only later to look up the rule and find that we screwed it up) - I vowed to read and understand the rules!
Don't be dependant on anyone else - know the rules!
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