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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Rich,
I would not go so far as to tell you that you are "wrong" for something like this. I actually just believe that it is an irritant and calls unnecessary attention to the officials. My preference is that the officials only get noticed during a game when they have to be. Otherwise, leave the attention on the players.
As for your point about local custom, I could well turn that around and ask why people in local areas stubbornly refuse to simply follow the manual and insist on adapting things in their own way. I've never understood why some people feel the need to make these little alterations.
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The fact is they do. The book is not magical, all-wise, nor all-knowing. It's not revealed truth. It's a tool to get us all on the same page. And if some choose to do things different from the book, but the same as each other, have they not achieved the same end?
BTW, if everybody in a region uses a whistle on subs, the guy who doesn't is drawing unneccessary attention to himself by withholding it.