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Originally Posted by truerookie
We have arrived to the point where some of us do not want to reference the rulebook or casebook when we can turn on the computer and get the answer to any question we may have along with the citation. In a sense, rules study is falling behind.
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I agree with truerookie, to a degree. I spend a great deal of time studying my rule book, and casebook, especially in the fall, because I'm a member of my local board's training committee, specifically the subcommittee that trains new officials on NFHS rules, so that they will, hopefully, pass the IAABO rules exam. Another subcommittee deals with mechanics, and administers a floor exam, after they pass the written exam.
Once the season starts, I will continue to study my rulebook, casebook, and mechanics manual, however, I have found this Forum to be a great source of, usually, reliable information. Very often, if I have a question about an obscure rule, that might take me quite a while to look up in a book, I can post a thread on the Forum, and get the answer from one of our distinguished, and reliable, Forum members right away. Also, to your point about "rules study is falling behind",
logging onto the Forum everyday, whether we're posting, or just reading, is a form, be it, a very modern form, of rules study.
Back to your post. I admit, sometimes I get lazy. When a Forum member posts an answer with just the numerical citation, i.e. 10-1-2a, I will often say to myself, "Damn, now I'm going to have get out of my comfortable computer chair, go into another room, or worse, downstairs into the cold garage, to get to my bag, get my rulebook out of my bag, and look up the citation."