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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Prohibit what act? There is nothing being prohibited here. You wonder why ASA feels the need to place something in the book that should not need to be there? This thread and should provide that answer.
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OK, it was late and that sentence was poorly written. I will remove it. What I was trying to say is that you are using a negative statement to authorize a positive action. It is equivalent to a traffic rule that states a driver does
not have to wait for green to turn right if oncoming traffic is clear. Why not say that a driver
is allowed to turn right on red?
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And isn't it amazing how thousands and thousands of people haven't a problem with the statement yet you would think the world was coming to an end reading some of the posts here.
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I don't think that is the issue at all. Most of the responders here know what the rule is trying to do, but are arguing that it is poorly written.
Mike - I don't think that you can come out of the ASA "forest" to see the sick "trees." Your knowledge and inside information is a great benefit to readers of these umpire boards. But you don't have to be the protector of ASA; you don't have to be so defensive everytime you read a critical remark about ASA.
This post would have ended a long time ago with a simple statement that, "
yes it is poorly written, but here is how to interpret it.. . . . . . . . . . . . ."
WMB