I've Fallen And I Can't Get Up ...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rich

It's not in the current case book.

Good point. How is an official with less than ten years of experience supposed to know about an interpretation that hasn't been in the casebook for more than ten years?

On the other hand, how is an experienced official who used this interpretation for the nine years that it was in the casebook supposed to know that the interpretation has changed?

Don't you just love it when the NFHS makes unannounced changes?

Originally Posted by Rich

I think it's a stupid ruling.

A stupid ruling that hung around for nine years? And if it was a stupid ruling that was changed, nobody at the NFHS thought that the change was important enough to be announced.

And, we still don't have any evidence that the ruling was changed, the casebook play just faded away. Why? Because it was stupid? Because the NFHS wanted to free up some room in the casebook? Or because it was inadvertently dropped from the casebook (like the multiple substitute lineup rule was inadvertently dropped from the rulebook several years ago)?

Too bad that the NFHS doesn't have a basketball rules editor that actually takes the time to edit.