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Good discussion. One thing that was left out in this discussion that I think is the main point of why we should do this. Progression of the athlete, progression of the official. The quicker we get the kids to playing college rules, the better the player for college, and for the next step, the pro's. The women are doing this. In AAU, girls are playing with the shot clock and NCAA rules starting at age 11. They also play the game with 3 officials. Likewise, a WNBA official can also be a NCAA-W official (or vice-versa) and there's no problems going back to the coaches.
What I'm talking about here is preparing the athlete and the official for the next level. That next level being college and then the pro's. I don't have a problem with the way it is right now. It just seems like it's so screwed up and that nobody was paying attention when this all came about. We didn't have a global view when the organizations where formed.
A 3rd aspect to this discussion is the fact that HS games are not wagered. What I mean is there is betting on NCAA /NBA games, which dictates a specific rule set, like the shot clock. When we start legal betting of HS games, then we might start to see more NCAA rules in HS. Right now, the rules and the way the philosophies behind how the game should be officiated is so different, it's scary. I had a varsity HS game where we called a double foul, POI right, veteran partners insisted it was AP and i wasn't changing their mind. I had an AAU game later this spring and called a double foul and went AP. I was for sure I was doing the right thing. Dammmmmnnnnnn......!!!!!
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