I understand their reason for only making it available only in paper, but it sure would be nice to have it in a digital format or database so that you could search for key words. It would also be cool to have it available for PDAs.
I would think that putting it online for everyone to read might help more fans, coaches, players, etc in understanding the rules. All though it might just create more misunderstandings of the rules (
if that's possible)
I would think that the majority of the people that buy the book would still want to purchase a hard copy of it even if it was online.