[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by JRutledge

Doesn't mean that it is not true either.

Jeff, what in the world is that supposed to mean?!?!?! My point was that you interpreted the comment incorrectly. The person who made that comment did not mean that rule knowledge is all you need to be a good official. Your reply doesn't even make sense.

But that is why you keep defending this issue.

First, I'm not defending any issue. I am, and have been, trying to get you to produce some evidence for your claim that there are some people on this board who believe that passing a rules test is all that is necessary for being a great official. That's all I'm trying to do.

Second, what exactly is why I keep defending this issue? Again, your comments are simply non-sensical.

And I will continue to say what I believe when I feel it is appropriate.

And I will continue to tell you that what you believe on this particular issue is not true. Nobody on this board believes that rules knowledge is the only thing necessary for being an outstanding official. Nobody. And you can't show otherwise.

BTW, "Ya Boy" is a phrase used a lot on the Pardon the Interuption show. It is used by Tony or Mike to claim that they stand by a certain individual that they have stuck up for at one point.

Fair enough. I love PTI and I've heard them say it. Perhaps I over-reacted. Perhaps I should've recognized the reference. (A smiley might have helped. . .)

But I am not sticking up for anybody in this thread. I am not the defender of some person or group. All I'm doing is asking you to provide some support for the ridiculously false claim that you made on the first page of this thread. You haven't done it. I don't think you can do it. Because [everyone together, now] nobody actually believes that rule knowledge is all it takes to be a good official!! Nobody.

So please, if you have some sort of evidence or support for your claim, let us see it. If not, then you should have the maturity to stop saying it.

Chuck