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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Do you think that it's OK in the "real world" to apply the NBA/NCAA Womens block/charge rule with the circle and secondary defender etc. to games played under NFHS rules? Do you think that it's OK in a high school game to call a block on a defender with LGP because that defender is standing under the basket? If you like the NBA rules better, then feel free to use 'em in your high school games too, just like Btaylor.
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You keep talking about what is OK as if that means something. What is OK is not the issue from my point of view. It does not even enter the equation. I am not just a HS official and I have had to do things I do not feel it "OK" in order to keep my job.
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
If you go back and read a few posts, you'll find that it's got nothing at all to do with an official applying any rule by the letter. It's about an official ignoring the rules completely and trying to apply his very own rules and philosophies to situations where they aren't relevant or appropriate at all.
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That is your interpretation of the situation and that is your right to feel that way. But once again we all make decisions in the real world based on something we were instructed to do. You are not the only assignor in the country and most of us do not work for you. You have a philosophy which I completely understand, but it is not what everyone has to work under. You might like that reality, but after all this is a reality. Once again, what is the punishment from the NF if a particular official does not follow a rule to the letter? Absolutely nothing, just like what is going to happen by having this conversation. I like the passion, but that does not mean you are right.
Peace