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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
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I stand by my original statement, that NFHS and NCAA rules do not allow a BLARGE.
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How about this then, Mark? Post your address and I'll send you a case book to read. You can even keep it when you're done reading NFHS 4.19.7SitC. You might find that casebooks are real handy things to have around. There's some really amazing things in there--like rules.
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I have the NFHS Casebook Play right in front of me. I know exactly what it says, and it is a copout ruling. I pregame with my partners exactly how we are going to handle this play if it happens in our game, furthermore I strees in my pregames, to officiate your primary and trust your partner. Just because the Casebook Play says it is a double foul, is no reason for the out-of-primary official not to give up the play and let the in-primary official take the call.
OFISE8 in his post of Jan. 14/10:48pm, 2005, made a very astute observation, and I quote: "Why does Trail call a block and Lead calls a charge on the play?" Acutally, it as been my observation that it is the Lead that calls the block and the Trail that calls the charge. Why? Lets look at this situation in a two-person crew: Because in these plays, the L is straight-lined and more often than not is calling out of his primarly, while the T is at a right angle, more or less, to the play and can better officiate the defense, which is the key to officiating the block/charge play. That is why it is important for the primary official to take the call.
It should also be remembered, that a Casebook Play or Approved Ruling is not a rule but an interpretation of a rule.
MTD, Sr.