NFHS Rules Change (Proposal)

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by BretMan

I take it you mean the term "and loose equipment", as the term "equipment and" does not appear in the quoted rule.

Rule 10 Section 2 Umpire-In-Chief

Article 3. . . His duties include those listed in Rules 10-2-1,2 and the following:

a. Inspect equipment and condition of field, receive batting order of both teams, announce special ground rules and formulate such if the two teams cannot agree, designate official scorer (9-2-2) and see that each player takes his glove and loose equipment to the bench at the end of his term in the field.

[BretMan]

Okay, that term is in the first part of the rule- my bad. But I took it, from the "rationale" offered, that the propsed rule change is to prevent players from removing equipment from the field prior to the game, to "eliminate the need for umpires to enter the teams dugouts to inspect equipment prior to a contest".

But now I get it- somebody wants to remove the pre-game equipment inspection entirely from our responsibilities.

Why not just say that!

JM: I might have misinterpreted the intent of the proposal, but I didn't add words that aren't even there. The word "loose" is definitely there. It is the 38th word in the sentence, and being within the same sentence seems to qualify as being "in the vicinity".

[tjones1]

Bret,

It was put in that format because that's how the NFHS wants proposals to be submitted.