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Old Fri Dec 18, 2009, 03:45pm
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Originally Posted by RichMSN View Post
I would rather emphasize to others here that we (1) officiate with the rulebook, not using the rulebook as a script and (2) what is common practice locally is always more important to your advancement and success than what is explicitly written in those books.
That's all well and good, but maybe next time you shouldn't say

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Because the official, not the horn, declares the quarter over.
because to me, that reads like an official declaration of the way things are, not the way you're told to do things in your area.
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