[GarthB]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by PeteBooth
Originally posted by GarthB

At what point are you willing to work as instructed? At what point are you authorized to ignore your superiors? At what point are you above the rules?

Ignoring this rule penalizes the team who did not violate the rules. How can that be appropriate?

I do work as instructed and apparently we were instructed differently.

Dave Yeast issued bulletins instructing umpires to call that balk regardless of game situation. How were you instructed differently at the NCAA level?

As I stated and it seems like you and others do not subscribe to the theory let the players play.

The umpire let the players play. One of those players violated the balk rule. The game was not decided by the umpire, it was decided by the players.

Let's test your memory.

Don't know if you are a basketball fan but I am. The only time the NY Knicks beat the Chicago Bulls in a series was when Michael Jordan did not play and it took a call from "Hugh Hollins" to do it. To this day, that call is classified as one of the worst calls ever made in playoff History.

Why Because most Referees allow the players to play. This is the way is has been since the beginning of time.

If you would balk F1 on this play then it stands to reason you do not agree with the "Neighborhood Play" or the "Phantom tag"

Your reason is lacking. Allowing the neighborhood play for safety considerations is a far cry from ignoring a pitcher violating a rule.

At what point are you authorized to ignore your superiors?

Superiors! You talk as though these so called "superiors" are paying my mortgage. Well they are not.

No, but they have the position and authority to dictiate how those who work for them perform their job.

At what point are you above the rules?

Ok Garth let's take a look at the uniform rules. Are you going to be that picky about uniforms. What about F1 delaying the game? Are you going to call the 20 second rule?

At the college level I would enforce the uniform rule as Dave Yeast and his committee has directed.