How do you handle this mess?

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

So you can have a dead ball personal foul? Not related to an airborne shooter? Why?

It seems to me that the rules committees for both men and women are trying to get way too cute, providing solutions where there were no problems to begin with.

Agree 100%. Same thing with the death of first to touch/last to touch and the loose ball team control concept on the men's side. I feel the collegiate rules committees have become a bit too responsive to coaches recently, particularly in some cases of short-term reaction to the result of a big play late in the previous season with little regard for whether the issue was a truly systemic problem. As a result, many exceptions are creeping into the rule books. Rule books are supposed to eschew exceptions as much as possible. If they don't, they become increasingly confusing for officials to enforce. Coaches and ADs need to realize that sometimes a definition isn't going to work out in their favor. Change the definition or the rules logic if need be, but please avoid the use of the word "except" as much as possible in the rule and case books.

I don't work college, though when I'm done with my military career I'll probably take a crack at it (BNR is my hero). One thing I'm really concerned about is the huge gap that's starting to form between NFHS and NCAA rules. I would imagine it's getting harder and harder to switch gears between a Tuesday night varsity game and a Wednesday night D3 contest.