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Old Tue Nov 12, 2002, 11:22am
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
FWIW, I cannot for the life of me understand why not even this minor point (how to signal TC fouls) can not be the same for mens & womens.
In the opinion of a D1 ref I know, it's all about the egos of the people on the Men's Rules Committee. His opinion is that the committee members do not want to admit that they are taking ideas from the pros. So they go out of their way to make it look different from the pros, even though in a large number of cases (although not in all cases), the rule is applied exactly the same way.

Apparently, the members of the women's committee have exactly the opposite opinion. Not only are they NOT trying to differentiate themselves from the pros, but they are intentionally adapting more and more pro interpretations and mechanics. Watch out for away-from-the-play fouls next year??

Chuck
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