3 Man Officiating!

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by zebraman

If it's written as optional than have at it. All I know is that the NFHS has sent out bulletins asking people to not make up their own interps. It happens a lot. I also know that the NFHS has been frustrated at times with college officials who have decided that their college mechanics or calling philosophies are superior and have used their "power" to implement some of them at their local HS level. That's all.

Z

None of what we were talking about had anything to do with a college mechanic or a college philosophy. We were talking about a particular mechanic that was subscribed by a State Interpreter within the bounds of the NF. The NF gave and option, our State Clinician said we are going to take away the option for one type of situation.

I really do not know what you are talking about when you say "college calling philosophy?" I do not know of any philosophy that is much different at the college level than at the HS level. I know when I call the game basically the same at the HS level as I do with the college level. The major difference is the talent of the players. Some players can do things at the college level they will never accomplish at the HS level. But I am not sure what the NF has to do with that? As a matter of fact I do not learn that much about officiating by reading their specific literature. When I read Referee Magazine (or this site ), go to camps, there is very little in the NF literature that tells me what to do in a bunch of situations. The NF mechanics books do very little to explain philosophy or many specific mechanics. The Referee Magazine Basketball Guide does a much better job explaining mechanics in the NF than their own book. If the NF did a decent job, there would be no reason for camps and books on their mechanics.

Peace