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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Sorry if I do not accept the way the NF does everything.
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Jeff, sorry if I'm going to do some bandwagon-jumping here, but I'm going to have to agree with Jurassic on this one. The POE's are definitely part of the rules; they are not just "suggestions". And, given the fact our area (Illinois) uses NF rules and mechanics, I don't see any reason to not follow them. I don't agree with the logic of some of the rules, interpretations and mechanics, but I have to follow them anyway when doing a HS game. The
only way I would consider something different is if I was told by Kurt Gibson or Harry Bone that in Illinois we will be doing it differently. Have you been told by either that two hands on a dribbler is
not an automatic foul? If so, the rest of us need to know that, so that officials in the entire state can call it the same way.
This is one of the perfect examples of the problem of consistency. Perhaps you've been told by certain supervisors or "big dogs" in some of your conferences that two hands on a dribbler should not be an automatic foul, and that displacement or disadvantage should still be considered. After all, the big boys can play through someone touching them with two hands, right? If that's true, then those teams will be at a major disadvantage when they go play teams in areas that the officials follow the NF rules "by the book". And whose fault would that be? Both sets of officials would be calling the game as they've been told, but it will be different for the kids. So it will be the kids that suffer from the lack of consistency between areas. This is the problem with supervisors and officials bringing in their own philosophies into the game instead of following the rules and interpretations as written.