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Old Tue Apr 02, 2002, 09:29am
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. is offline
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Originally posted by rainmaker
MTD, Sr. --

I usually agree with your hesitation to apply the principles of "common sense" to officiating when the rules clearly define a situation as legal or illegal. And I'm hoping you will agree with me that if Billy Packer (and Jim Nantz, I suppose) would apply even this inadquate type of common sense, it would be a big improvement.

But Packer and Nance just prove my point about using "common sense." People who know nothing about the subject use "common sense." People who know the subject use logic because knowledge of the subject is required to apply logic. One does not need knowledge of the subject to apply "common sense."
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