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Mark,
To ask you "How is it on the other side of the edge?" would not be appropriate at this time because in this case it is obvious you have gone over the edge and entered a BLACK HOLE.
Not that your answer was wrong per rule but for the fact your answer was wrong per the spirit and intent of the learning experience that the Governing Body wished to convey to it's members.
You need to rethink your "misguided attempt to enforce a pseudo-sportsmanship rule" quote.
1. In a few weeks you will be officiating in the Ohio Special Olympics State Basketball Tournament that I will be assigning. They play strictly NFHS rules with no modifications. Yet, I know over the course of the games you will ignore a traveling violation because the player with the ball has two deformed arms with only 2 fingers on each hand and is barely able to hold the ball let alone bounce it. My friend, I call that enforcing your own psuedo-sportmanship rule.
2. We have officiated in many venues in which the organizing authority has modified the rules so all players can gain a positive experience from their participation. You accepted those modifications and we had a great time officiating. It boggles my mind you would then instruct another official that it is his "ethical and professional duty" to tell the authorities that their modification violates the rule. Hint: they already know it; that's why they call it a rules modification. Bottom line is the officials better follow the rec dept directive because they are the bosses.
Finally, to equate engineers purposely ignoring design codes and building legalities with rec directors modifying rules of a "game' is just plain rediculous. (I think enough is said there so I will not elaborate).
I wish to reiterate to all on the forum that Mark is able to accept officiating in a venue that has modified the rules. He accepted the modifications and did not run to the organizers with his rule books in hand to show them the errors of their ways.
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