Thanks for the extra effort, Mr. Esteemed Colleague.
Of course, you know as well as I do that the response is about the most ludicrous thing that we've seen come out of the NFHS committee in the last 10 years.
An official not knowing or not properly applying a rule is EXACTLY why rule 2-10 exists. Otherwise there wouldn't be any correctable errors!
Of course, looking at some of the other interps, I'm not surprised.
