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Old Tue Aug 13, 2013, 02:12am
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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My issue with this list mostly is that you are trying to lump situations where rules do not support any language with quick communication tools that convey something a coach or player would understand. I do not equate "Being set, over the back" or "reaching in" with "Don't move" or "Sit down."

One group actually misrepresents the rule and others conveys what a player or coach already understands. Players know they can either run the end line or they have to not move. What we call it is really irrelevant. And many players ask you, "Can I move." They are not asking if they have a designated spot as their vernacular. Maybe they do where you are from, but not in my experience working HS or college ball. So you tell them what they can understand and because people do not always talk in the same way, you communicate to people. Just like I would speak one way in a professional setting like on a job or school setting and speak in a completely different way when I am hanging out with friends or people I have a personal relationship. Participants have a different language which is why if someone says "Baseline" no one is going to care. Just like players might speak to certain officials using slang and youth language that is not perfect English or has another meaning. And when I am working games in certain settings, I use terms the participants use to them that I would not use to my officiating partners.

We are just never going to agree on this list in total no matter how many times you keep posting it. I am fine with that reality. It is time for you to get over it as well.

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