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Interesting changes over the past few years in my little corner of the world. We had an evaluation system - both here and at the State tournaments - that was very heavily weighted toward using the proper NFHS mechanics. So some of the better play-calling officials (they call a better game!) were being left out of final rounds of District, Regional, and State tournaments because they were weaker on NFHS mechanics and used a few NCAA mechanics that have been mentioned here (2 hand reporting, no stop clock signal on oob, etc.). The coaches and AD's wanted to know what was going on, and asked for the evaluation system to change. They want the better officials, not necessarily the ones with the best NFHS mechanics. I know the two are not mutually exclusive, but advancing someone just because they put their hand up over someone who is a better official is just silly.
And to those who would argue that they should be able to remember which mechanics to use in which gym - that's not always as easy as it is to say. In a bang-bang play, habits kick in sometimes.
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