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Originally posted by BktBallRef

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Originally posted by Ballen
I do this and have occasionally wondered if I was guilty of "OOO".

OOO? Over officitating ________?

Jeez, Tony, don't you read all of our little tangents? OOO = omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent. Obviously, Ballen is worried that people will think he has a God-complex.

Or, he might be worried that he's obviously overly officious. Either way. :)

I reckon I jus' ain't hip to it.

Right....overly officious. It's just that I don't see anyone else issuing warnings.

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Originally posted by BktBallRef

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Originally posted by Ballen

I do this and have occasionally wondered if I was guilty of "OOO".

OOO? Over officitating ________?

I tell the thrower spot or run.

I tell the defender not to break the plane.

It's preventive officiating.

Over Officious Oaf.

The sentence uses it incorrectly.

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Originally posted by ChuckElias

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Originally posted by BktBallRef
And how long have you been aware of the "unannounced change to this year's book?" Were you keeping it a secret? And what was your reaction when you found it? "Damn! He was right!! SOB!" :D

I was aware of the change a few weeks ago, when Bob J mentioned it over on the McGriff board. But I didn't have my books at that point. Then I forgot about it until a couple weeks ago when somebody brought it up over here. So I pulled out the book, looked at the Penalty section, and saw the change. No, I wasn't keeping it a secret. See http://www.officialforum.com/thread/11134

And my reaction was that the rules committee realized that previously Camron and I were right; under the old ruling it would've been a T. They didn't want it to be a T, so they changed the wording of the penalty, so that the play is now legal.

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I just found it this morning! I called my wife to tell her what I had just found! :D

You can expect to be fined by Paul Tagliabue. :)

That depends on what Tony found and where was he looking? His wife might not want to know that he "found it". :D