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Originally posted by Camron Rust
I'm just glad that the NFHS has the same rules for Boys/Girls. Of course, some states go and mess that up by adding differences for them.
I would like to see the NHFS and NCAA M+W combine their rulesets and mechanics. The different mechanics are simply that, different. I don't think any one is better than the other. The rules are so close that most people (players and coaches included) don't know the differences. The only "real" obstacle in that would be changes that cost money. The NCAA could more easily require costly changes on colleges than the NFHS can on HS's. All other obstacles are emotional or turf wars (I doubt the NCAA Men's or Women's committees would be willing to give up autonomy).
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We had this discussion before, but if the officials were making the decisions on these committees, then we might not have as many rules differences in the first place. Better yet, we might not have as many changes every year. These differences come from coaches and mostly from coaches. And someone is going to tell me that "in my state we have a representative that is an official." Well that is all fine and dandy, but when I look at the NF Committee I see coaches and administrators. Who cares if there is one official on any of these committees. That one official is not going to out vote 10 coaches that have never put on a whistle in a game in their life. There is no language in the rulebook saying "moving screen," but these wonderful people put it in the POEs for the past two years (NF). Now the NCAA Women's Committee in there wonderful wisdom changes the closely guarded rule yet again and the Men put in another lane variation. And I know all these people have to realize that you have officials working both HS and college to some extent who are going to be confused from one night to the next. Everything is not about D1, I hope they realize that. But this is why all the confusion. Coaches should not be making rules changes, without an significant imput from officials. But that would be a fantasy.
Peace