Who Changed the Mechanic?

[RookieDude]

I hear that WA has announced a change in NFHS mechanics. (3-whistle)
I have not seen the e-mail sent out by Todd Stordahl yet...but I understand that they want us to not go tableside when L opposite table calls a foul "going the other way". They want L to go back to the endline and become new T opposite table. In the past we have gone tableside and become new C.

When L calls foul "going the other way" and is tableside...L will "V-back" and be new T tableside as we have always done.

I know we got into a conversation about this with another state (I think it was IL) who does this mechanic...and it looks like we are going to do it now.

Can anyone tell me the "advantage" of this mechanic and/or why we have a memo switching to this mechanic in the middle of the season?