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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Jurassic,
I can't believe that we can actually agree on something.
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Sigh.
Windy, trust me, there is very little that we do actually agree on here. Certainly, there's not very much agreement on a lot of the statements that you have made in the threads that I just read. You're doing this more as a personal crusade against Rut than anything else.
Yes, the potential might now be there for cheating in certain areas. Yes, I don't like the practise of giving out test answers at this time of year when officials all over the country are taking this test. And this is about the 4th. year, I think, that we've argued on this forum about this exact same practise too. No, I do not have any specific knowledge about any official using these test answers to actually cheat. Yes, I have too much respect in general for my fellow basketball officials to suggest that any of them would actually cheat. Ever.
We are, however, held up to a higher standard than anyone else in this sport. And rightfully so. Sending actual exam answers out over the internet while officials might still be taking the exam somewhere leaves us open to criticism from non-official sources imo. And it certainly leaves us open to people that might have their own axe to grind too.
And.......I thought that my wondering why the new officials who want these answers to improve their rules knowledge aren't also taking advantage of an excellent in-house rules test too was a valid concern also.