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good debate
LDUB:
Thank you for a stirring debate and although we see things differently on this issue, it still begs these and other questions:
1. Why do the NFHS rules have to be exactly like the NCAA, when the NCAA rules are not exactly like its superior - the NFL?
Answer...it doesn't and they don't. Each group has some varying rules due to talent, draft, money, scholarships, and overall goals of the governing bodies.
For example, since the NFL has the "best of the best" players, it requires Two Feet inbounds for it to be a completed pass and not one foot, as you know.
2. After the A-11 already underwent a very thorough pre-season review before it was approved on all of those previously mentioned points, it is slightly misleading (although I do not think you were trying to do so) to state the A-11 does not meet the intent of the rules - when it already has met and been within the fold of the intent and been ruled upon as such. Otherwise, it would have never made it through the reveiw process intact.
**Also, and I am using the next two items as a slight supplement to bolster my opinion and Not as the primary ticket... OK?
What about those high school football teams who either:
a. do not have enough OL players to fully meet the Eligibility numbering requirments in every situation in football - but have enough players to legally field a team?
Maybe they have only 17 - 20 players on their team and only 4 OL, etc.
Or...
b. do not have the funds to purchase the exact numbered jerseys to meet the numbering requirements?
I have personally coached against teams like that each of the past two years. Those teams had some extremely talented players but either not enough money or correctly numbered players to meet all of the criteria each time. And that problem is not only found in our area but around other parts of the country as well.
** My point is, the NFHS understands the KIDS must always come first and some flexibility must be maintained to keep things even between the offense and defense as you stated earlier. All is not black and white in the amateur world of high school football.
Everything else is secondary to the overall experience for the kids.
*** If the NFHS and CIF thought the A-11 was in any way Bad for the game or violated any of the aforementioned intent of the rules - they would have killed it from the get go.
However, they let it run and fortunately it turned out well and good for the high school kids.
Is that fair enough?
Kurt
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