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Originally Posted by fiasco
If you think doing things according to what the rules say, rather than the way things are done in your particular area is silly, well, then bully for you.
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I'm sure you will whistle every sub in from now on, too. See page 78 of the mechanics manual.
My point isn't that we shouldn't strive to do things right -- it's just that sometimes certain regions dictate their own mechanics. We aren't changing the rules of the game. Whether regions require officials to give certain signals or not isn't important as long as people are consistent on communicating.
The whistle at the end of the period is not specifically covered. I'll acknowledge that my wording was sloppy -- the period ends on the horn, not the whistle. Adding a toot doesn't change that nor does it make the toot wrong (unless you're in an area where it *is* considered wrong).