[JRutledge]

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue

I bet the NCAA football rule book for 2004 makes no allowances for instant replay, yet it will happen in the Big Ten this Fall. The Official Rules of Baseball make no provision for overruling a call, yet weÂ’ve seen it occur several times this year. Only a time machine will prove you right.

The rulebook is not going to change for one conference and a situation that is totally experimental. It is very possible after this year that this would not be allowed. And instant replay review is not the basis of this discussion. When a fellow partner can or cannot "overrule" a call. The Big Ten system is not going to involve coaches or involve the on field officials at all. It is also possible that no plays could be reviewed. So you know, the Big Ten looked into this last year and reviewed and recorded how many plays might be affected if instant replay were to come into play. This is where this system came from.

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Two (2) separate threads on the Baseball Board told you that your opinion was mistaken. Others pointed out the folly in trying to argue with ACTUAL PLAYS that happened and were viewed on TVs across the world. The rule books contain many things that are ambiguous, misguided or hard to enforce in the real world.

You make it sound like no one else watches TV. We do nothing but discuss plays and mechanics all through the season and it really intensifies when March Madness comes. Not sure what point you are trying to make. People all over the country come here and debates the procedures and the rules in those games. What is your point?

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
How about the ones that point out that your posts are grammatically challenged. I cannot recall one person that defended your mastery of our native tongue.

Actually that is you and Peter. And if that is such a problem, you sure seem to understand this post and come up with a counter point. If it was that bad, you surely would not come here and try to say, “I had a counterpoint." You would not understand the point at all. What does this have to do with the issue we are talking about?

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Talking to some D-1 officials is one thing, working on a regular season crew with them is another.

Basketball officials do not work on a crew. They work with different people all the time. Not sure what your point is there either.

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Because I am not a basketball official, I could not possibly have trusted my eyes and ears when the play happened? I should have turned it off when SportsCenter replayed it and Digger Phelps said that the calling official made an incorrect call and was big enough to allow his partner to change it? I had money on the game and the call was crucial to my winnings, so YES, I remember it very clearly.

Wait, wait, wait a freakin minute. You are coming to a basketball board, referencing Digger Phelps of all people and his comments about what officials did on a court? You did not just say that. I cannot believe you just said that. So I assume that you consider Rob Dibble as an umpiring expert? So when he talks about umpires and the job they screw up, he knows what he is talking about?

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
As you have said many times, you did not, so donÂ’t begin to tell me what happened. The last time I checked, Dan Patrick and his sportscaster cronies are not officials but often discuss bad calls, so they should probably keep quiet, right???

You did it again. So when Dan Patrick discusses the rules, they know what they are talking about? Are you really an official? You work D1 ball and Minor League Ball and you are seriously quoting media personalities about bad calls as your explanation of your point of view? Next thing you are going to tell me is that NFL Primetime is a great place to learn NFL Rules and Philosophy? I guess I should watch NFL Countdown and listen to Jaws about what the "tuck rule" or explain to us when the officials misapplied a rule?

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
No Rut, I did not come to this Board to flex my basketball knowledge

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
I have stated several times that I donÂ’t work basketball at any level and admire the job that many of you do.

Well I have been working basketball for 9 years. Eight of those years I have worked almost entirely varsity ball. And none of that means anything. Other than the facts that I have been to a lot of camps, taught at camps and currently help run organizations to completely understand procedures and practices. You on the other hand have not been to any of those things according to you.

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
My umpiring resume is vast and includes multiple seasons in the Minors, NCAA and Fed experience. IÂ’ve been officiating longer than you have been alive and donÂ’t consider gaining your respect as one of my goals.

You have been working more that 30 years at baseball? That is not what you said before. What does that have to do with not ever working basketball? We are talking basketball (and you mentioned football, another sport you do not work)?

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
When you can stay focused to the topic, write intelligently and argue with facts and not suppositions, I will begin to respect you. Until then, I will continue to clarify each muddied issue, misguided ruling and unverified fact that you present to these Boards.

Thank you again for your post. You just proved my point and I did not have to point it out.

Peace