[AtlUmpSteve]

I may have missed which rule set being discussed, but NCAA requires an effort to resolve with the rule book before a protest; and I actually like that. Once you can show a coach he/she is wrong, it moves along without ongoing whining. And if the umpires are wrong, it gets it fixed many more times than not.

GHSA (our Georgia High School Association) doesn't allow protests; the bad news is that too many games have bad rulings enforced by umpires that simply don't know the rules. I wish there was the same process of requiring a resolution by the book; it would fix some of the bad results, and force more rules knowledge and accountability by those umpires.

Whatever can put it to rest easiest with the right final ruling should be allowed, IMO.