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Originally Posted by Freddy
"What is the role of the Casebook?".
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I view the casebook as being very specific. I view the rulebook as being more general.
Sometimes the rulebook can be ambiguous. Most of the time the casebook is more to the point.
The casebook often states that when A and B happen then we interpret it as C and penalize with D. It's pretty hard for a coach, athletic director, or assigner to argue with that.
The rulebook is often more open to interpretation (which show up as NFHS interpretations in the casebook (thus the need for a casebook), or in annual rule interpretations), even when one knows the definitions like the back of their hand.
Some casebook interpretations could never be interpreted in a specific manner if we only relied upon the rulebook.