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Old Fri Feb 23, 2007, 12:51pm
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally Posted by Splute

"but I seldom see posts as to what the "intent" of the rule is believed to be. "
That's because different officials may, and do, read different intents into a rule. Case in point- the long thread titled "Advantage/Disadvantage".

Iow, my vision of what is the "purpose and intent" of a rule might be diametrically opposite of what someone else feels is the "purpose and intent" of the same rule. And who gets to says who's right?

Imo, the "purpose and intent" of a rule should come from a local rules interpreter, so that all officials in an area could make their calls as evenly and uniformly as possible.

Of course, I believe in the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny too.

Last edited by Jurassic Referee; Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 12:55pm.
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