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Originally Posted by SC Official
Fair enough, and I acknowledge the "when in Rome" factor. However, I consider the whistle issue that you and I are debating more comparable to an official choosing not to visibly count in the backcourt and just using the clock.
It is required, under NFHS mechanics, that you visibly count 10 seconds in the backcourt. It is required, under NFHS mechanics, to not blow the whistle before a throw-in except following a time-out, intermission, or unusual delay. It is not required (or prohibited), under NFHS mechanics, to signal the direction for each team prior to the jump ball.
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I am not even talking about a specific area thing. I am talking about there are many things we do as officials that the book never mentions or does not mention until much later. I bet if I moved to your area I would do some of the same things I do now. That is why we have these sites in the first place to discuss many aspects of officiating that have nothing to do with what is obvious or always subscribed. And the perfect example is the recently added signal for "running the end line" when we were using that signal for my entire officiating career and now it was added last year. Just like the "kick" signal that we used for at least a decade of my career, only to add the signal the the chart.
I am not suggesting either that we should have add a procedure for this. I am just saying people will continue to do it or not do it for their own reasons.
Peace