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Originally Posted by jicecone
When I was doing College ball, If I ejected a coach for bringing a rule boo,k I know I would have received a call from my assignor asking me what rule violation was the coach ejected for.
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Maybe it's just semantics, but what I might say to said assignor is "I ejected him for not following an umpire directive." I get the point - nothing in the rule book says it can't be brought on the field - so it's more like:
"Skip, take that rulebook back to the dugout"
Skip keeps coming.
Whoosh.
He's been given a 'direct order,' if you will, and chooses to continue violating. So that's why he goes.
I don't know the NCAA rulebook, so I won't argue the 'shall keep a copy' part, but I would venture to guess there's no written specific that forces an umpire to look at it when the coach trots it out, or even specifies where the copy has to be - if it's in the bottom of your gear bag, back in the change room, well, there you go.