[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Rut:

I can't believe you would purposely misapply a rule just because our exalted ruler makes a nonsense statement about how a rule is to be applied. I hope that there are officials who have his ear and tell him the issue a mea culpa and move forward.

There were people that had the same ear of Hank in his interpretations and he did not seem to care. I can tell you from personal experience, John does not care what you or I think about his interpretation or philosophy. Believe me, he will tell you what he thinks in very explicit ways. And I am sure he is very aware of what the rule is, but wants the game called a certain way.

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Long ago in a galaxy far away when Hank Nichols was the NCAA Men's Rules Editor and Dick Schindler was the NFHS Rules Editor, they would attend the IAABO Fall Rules Interpreters Meeting and each would give a presentation and take question concerning the new rules for that school year and any other rules or mechanics question that was posed to them.

And the NCAA Meeting was held in Chicago and now it is not anymore. Funny, both the NCAA Official Coordinators live in Indianapolis and now the meeting is there instead of Chicago. That was then and this is now.

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I know that Dick would answer any letter or telphone call and give rules interpretations of any official would wrote him or called him. I know, I exchanged letters with him and telephone calls with him concerning rules interpretations. He did not hide behind Mary's wall of pushing it off on state rules interpreters. Dick know and understood how important it was to have the same rule interpretation no matter what state in which the game was played. Hell, Hank would take phone calls from officials for rules interpretations too back in the day.

The NF is very different than the NCAA. There are fewer schools across the country (which means fewer coaches, administrators and anyone else to deal with) than are in my state. At least at the Division 1 level there are only around 320 schools in basketball alone. That number is fewer if you include some other sports. In my state alone, there are over 700 schools. I do not think the NF wants to get involved in every possible situation that every school experiences (including the officials, which is another issue). And I do not know about you, but I never worked a game for Mary and likely never will (even when she ran my State Official’s Department). When Mary tried to standardize training with their little program, most states rejected that piece of crap before it was available for sale. It is clear the NF has little power to tell states what to do and what not to do. I am just surprised that guys like you have not realized that yet.

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

The fact is if John Adams really made the statement that MOfficial is attributing to him then somebody close to him needs to set him straight.

And what are you going to say when he does not give a rat's azz?

Peace