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Of the 13 members on the rules committee...
How many officated a HS basketball game last year?
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I don't know, neither do you. How many of them officiate at the college level? I know one that does.
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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
How many frequent Internet discussion forums such as this to become more informed on the rules?
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I don't know, neither do you. But you are making some assumptions here. One, that they need to come to these forums and two that these forums are more knowledgable then they are.
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How many read the rule book and case book through last year?
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Again, neither of us knows the answer to this. However, I would assume that they have proof readers and that they do their due deligence.
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How many of them know the 4 criteria Bob listed above?
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Oh, I imagine more than you would like to give credit for. You seem to be assuming a level of incompetence from the rules committee.
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I agree that while I may not like the interp, I do call it that way. But being on the rules committee doesn't mean you're above making a mistake.
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No, neither does writing on this forum mean that we know more than they do.
I agree that they are not above making a mistake. Anymore than you or I or anyone else on this forum. However, how do you know they made a mistake? Based on the rule book. However, how do you know that the rule book isn't wrong? How do you know that they didn't orginally intend for the rule book to be written in such a way that the rule book would be in agreement with the interp? You don't, just like I don't know that they didn't make a mistake. My point is that it is an official ruling from the rules committee. We can't assume they didn't take all of the rules in to consideration when writing it. We have to trust them that they did their job. If we start questioning everything they publish, we have anarchy.
Trust the process!