Too bad that some officials still believe that they know better what is appropriate for the HS game than the NFHS committee members.
They write the rules the way that they are for a reason. They ask us to enforce them as written without imposing our own personal philosophies. It seems that people are still unwilling to do that.
Notwithstanding that the OP is also wrong about what rule has changed and what was the ruling last season.
The following two quotes have no place in HS officiating:
"I knew the rule, but it just seemed too severe."
"...do we really need that game interupter??"
I'll leave the rest of the chastising to Jurassic. I know how fond he is of people saying game interrupter.
