Does it behoove the B/R...?

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by Welpe

In Fed I'd likely not grant the appeal since the interpretation the BRD citation is based upon is rather obscure and defies logic.

Welpe, using your reasoning, half of the Fed book would be thrown away.

Not that there's a problem with that.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by yawetag

Welpe, using your reasoning, half of the Fed book would be thrown away.

Not that there's a problem with that.

Now you're talking.

It's the same reasoning I'd use to ignore their ridiculous accidental appeal case play.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by yawetag

Welpe, using your reasoning, half of the Fed book would be thrown away.

Not that there's a problem with that.

The FED book isn't terrible. It has differences, but as long as those are well known, who cares? We deal with differences in every sport. The FED/NCAA football rules are drastically different, for example.

In our neck of the woods, however, everyone thinks that a balk is a dead ball immediately, no matter if we're working a FED, NCAA, or OBR game. I once had a partner in an NCAA game try to tell me that a balk was an immediate dead ball and since he was an old, crusty vet, the coaches believed him. I was the plate guy, however, and didn't budge and later the umpire sheepishly told me he was wrong.