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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
I agree that this is what would happen here. But, I can see where a system like has been described could be in place, and handled "professionally". In that case, I'd live with it.
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A system like that would probably just be a case of expanding 5-8-4 to include other situations. You would also have to include a whole new procedure into the equation though. Right now, with correctable errors and timing/scoring/AP mistakes, we just go ahead and fix them. The rule book doesn't get pulled because the official is supposed to know
when a mistake is made and also
how to fix it.
I guess the logical way of doing it might be requiring that each team would have to make a rule and case book available at the table. A case book would be necessary also because of the explicit rulings contained in there to explain some cloudy language. The fun part would be if the onus was placed on the coach to show the official where he was wrong, and if the official wasn't wrong, a TO was charged for each minute or part minute used while trying to look it up.
Can you imagine a system like this being implemented at the middle school level?
