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Originally posted by rainmaker
Folks --
Rain here, checking into the crew vs everyone else fray. The reason crew can get away with his NBA block/charge calls in HS games, is because his assignor for HS games lets him. Most of us have assignors who prefer to follow the Fed rules more exactly, but apparently in crew's vicinity, this isn't the decision. So he isn't going to change his mind.
As others keep saying, "When in Rome..." Most of you mean, "When in Fed, follow Fed rules." But crew is apparently working in Sparta, which is under Roman rule, but has a rebellious sub-consul who allows Spartan interpretations even though the "law" is Roman. So that's just the way it goes.
My only request is that crew would ALWAYS include, in his posts about block/charge, that most Fed interpreters aren't going to agree with him. This is a simple courtesy to less experienced officials who haven't yet seen through the whole variety of rule systems.
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Very well put. There are lots of "new guys" who come here
that will now be calling blocks in 8th grade games on this
play, and will happily tell the coach it's a block because
the defender was too close to the basket. The NF has been
tireless in their efforts to get consistency on this play:
it's a charge. There are also college assignors that will
tell you this is a charge or its nothing. When in Rome do as the Romans do, exactly, unless you're in Sparta and your boss is a Roman!
(BTW Rain, I still need to make a trip to the post office,
sorry for the delay but it's on it's way!)