[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by JRutledge
Your argument does not make much sense. What has that have to do with anything. If you sell computers, does the sales person know how they work, probably not. They might understand the features, but they do not know exactly all the components and probably would not be able to fix them. So it really depends on what kind of sales you are talking about.

You have also missed the point and I really do not fell like explaining it anymore. If you are not intelligent enough to understand how rules is just a small part of officiating as a whole, then this conversation needs to end.

Peace

I do not miss your point, I understand exactly what you're
trying to say. IMO you are dead wrong but you continue to
hold stubbornly onto wrong ideas that you find appealing.
The danger is that there are many new people reading your
words who will think "Hey, this rut guy seems to know what
he's talking about, why should I concentrate on learning
the rules. After all, they're just a small part of what
I'll need and reading them makes my brain hurt."
Understanding the rules is not a *small* part of
officiating, it is one of the prerequisites to being
succesful & potentially moving up if that's your goal.
Now (to continue along your analogy) if you sell computers and you can't answer a question related to pricing, availability, use, operation, cost, lifetime, warranty, options, etc etc then you will not be succesful. These,
along with knowing how to calculate his commission, are the
computer salesman's rules. The salesman knowing how to
replace a broken resistor is akin to a referee knowing how
to refinish a large wood floor. Kinda cool but besides the
point. At any rate we've beaten this to death by now, have
a good Thanksgiving.