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Originally Posted by DG
The War of Northern Agression began at Fort Sumter in SC and SC still flys the confederate flag over the state capital building so it's not surprising they have chosen not to adopt the revised NFHS rule on this subject. I wonder if there is anyone in SC who cares what they think in Indianapolis.
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Correction: The confederate flag flies on a separate monument on the statehouse grounds, but was removed from the top of the capital building on July 1, 2000, as a response to protests from various groups. However, this did not appease all, and a boycott remains in "effect," thought it's effectiveness is in doubt, other than the NCAA banning all pre-planned events from the state.
Interestingly enough, the place where it now resides is probably more prominent and easily observable to passersby. Sometimes you just can't handle it when you get what you asked for...
Now, as for the appeal rule, I don't know why they choose to ignore this rule, but follow all others. Our esteemed High School League official, when asked if he would also consider ignoring the change to the "hand to the mouth is a ball to the batter" ruling at our state clinic and test a couple of weeks ago, said that he already appealed the NFHS rules committee, and had to abide by their ruling. So, apparently selective hearing is in place at the SCHSL, because they certainly know the phone number to the NFHS offices.