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Gentlemen, it goes to the look of being professional...I think it looks pretty Busch League to consult a rule book on the field or court. In the NFL where the rules are more complicated, and the coaches have the ability to ask for instant replays, you see plenty of conferences between officials. What is one thing you never see? The rulebook being consulted, if at that level where there are jobs on the line, bigger, faster, stronger athletes, more scrutiny, they don't pull out the book, then I think we should all strive to not have the book on the field.
In all honesty I think you lose credibility when you take the book to the field, right away people think you haven't studied it, right wrong or indifferent. Perception is usually reality. In our area, we leave ours in the locker room. While each one of us may not be able to quote the entire rulebook and/or enoforcements verbatum, we should be pretty darn close to that, and out of a crew of 5 at least 1 should know the correct rule and application in every situation...that doesn't mean mistakes don't occur, but every time our crews have made a mistake it can usually be chalked up to a brain fart, or hurrying through an enforcement....
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